Culture and Medical Emergencies
Choose a cultural heritage or ethnicity that differs from what is considered traditionally “American” and research the medical practices or issues related to it.
Discuss the characteristics and medical practices of those within the culture.
Consider that a person from that culture is now living in the United States. Describe specific challenges which may arise during a serious medical emergency or health crisis.
What does current research reveal about the proper attitudes or actions needed to provide therapeutic communication to these patients? (Include citations for scholarly references that support this)
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A good website to search is: http://www.ethnomed.org (Links to an external site.) or you may also find journal articles in Radiologic Technology or other professional journals.
written assignments must include at least one scholarly source that is properly cited and listed as a reference at the end of the paper. Complete references and proper citations must use APA format.
A proper APA reference includes: Author, (year of publication). Title of the article /or book. Publisher or journal. and the online location (url) if appropriate. – There are many resources in the orientation module to help you apply proper APA format.
Use this resource for proper APA format if your source was found online. download
For more APA style guidance click here.Links to an external site.
