NURS 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Prenatal Care, Chiropractic, Homeopathy
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Chapter 3 cultural and social considerations in health assessment: describe the main principles of cultural safety. The cultural, social, economic, and historical positioning of people intersect to shape their health status and access to health care. How the members of a group are treated and perceived within the health care system is more important than the cataloguing of culturally specific beliefs or practices (polaschek, 1998) 70% of the people who immigrated to canada in 2013 reported a mother tongue other than english or french. Canadians live primarily in the urban areas. Ca(cid:374)ada"s populatio(cid:374) as a (cid:449)hole is agi(cid:374)g: list 5 of the standards for culturally, linguistically, and socially appropriate services in health care. Promote and support the attitudes, openness, knowledge, behaviours, and skills necessary for staff to work respectfully and effectively with patients and each other in a culturally, linguistically, and socially diverse work environment.
