Cross-cultural perspectives on patient teaching

Patient education for individuals of different cultures provides the professional nurse an opportunity to make a difference in the increasingly complex and changing problems in our bureaucratic society. Use of therapeutic relationships, indeed, can blend two worlds. Although we never can fully predi...

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Published inThe Nursing clinics of North America Vol. 24; no. 3; p. 613
Main Authors Tripp-Reimer, T, Afifi, L A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.09.1989
Subjects
Attitude to Health - ethnology
Communication Barriers
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cultural Characteristics
Humans
Nurse-Patient Relations
Patient Care Planning - methods
Patient Education as Topic - methods
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Summary:Patient education for individuals of different cultures provides the professional nurse an opportunity to make a difference in the increasingly complex and changing problems in our bureaucratic society. Use of therapeutic relationships, indeed, can blend two worlds. Although we never can fully predict a patient's response to health teaching, we are likely to be much more effective if we understand and draw from the cultural context in which the patient is enmeshed.
ISSN:0029-6465
DOI:10.1016/S0029-6465(22)01519-5