Mod 1 Cultural Diversity

What cultural backgrounds does Roberto Dansie identify with?

• Irish American and Mexican Indian

• Irish and Native American

• Mexican and Irish

• Irish American and Toltec

What is Roberto Dansie's primary calling?

• Teaching martial arts and clinical psychology.

• Helping people merge their diverse identities.

• Incorporating cultural wisdom into healing and teaching modalities.

• Providing healthcare services to diverse communities.

What is the main goal of culturally appropriate or culturally competent care?

• To increase the number of healthcare providers from diverse backgrounds.

• To bring sensitivity and respect for different cultural beliefs, languages, and practices into the relationship between healthcare providers and patients.

• To standardize healthcare practices across all cultural groups.

• To focus solely on the medical aspects of a patient's condition.

Why is it important for healthcare providers to understand cultural differences?

• To increase the number of patients seeking care.

• To avoid greater health inequity and disparity.

• To simplify medical diagnoses.

• To reduce the need for interpreters.

What is a significant challenge for physicians in providing culturally competent care, especially in busy clinics?

• Lack of medical knowledge about diverse cultures.

• Difficulty in finding interpreters for all languages.

• Time constraints that limit asking detailed questions about patients' cultural beliefs and practices.

• Patients' unwillingness to share personal cultural information.

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