Overview of Issues - Case STudies & Cultural Competence  

Lecture

Mary Phipps

In this section, we will discuss the importance of being able to identify normative cultural values that may be affecting a patient and family’s illness experience. We will also discuss the influence folk illness beliefs can have on a family’s decision to pursue some type of complementary or alternative medicine. As you hear this information, you can be thinking about how some of these issues could be addressed in a culturally sensitive manner.

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