The transcultural view: Prerequisite to interethnic (intercultural) communication in medicine

Weidman, Hazel H.

doi:10.1016/0160-7987(79)90001-2

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“…According to these labels, biological abnormalities appear as they would in any individual regardless of, for example, one's geographical setting, cultural • heredity, or economic conditions. Weidman (38) argued that, although the physician and the patient may be responding to similar disease disturbances, the physician's efforts in treatment may have no basis or meaning to the patient. Although biomedicine's "unicultural" approach may be necessary in the pursuit of rigorous scientific inquiry that leads to treatment or palliation of symptoms in terminal illness, this approach may conflict with the patient's or the family's underlying cultural beliefs or take the meaning of the term"disease" for granted (39).…”

Section: Biomedical Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

Symptoms as Meaningful “Family Culture” Symbols in Palliative Care

Lobchuk

Stymeist

1999

J Palliat Care

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Symptoms as Meaningful Tamily Culture" Symbols in Palliative Care unpleasant sensations that arise from an interference with or a departure from normal function, sensation, or appearance. However, these are not directly observable by another person (7,8). The obscure intrapersonal nature of symptoms is revealed in findings where symptoms are not necessarily reported as distressing by patients despite their "frequent" or "severe" occurrence (9). The mere naming of symptoms as "severe" or "frequent" is not adequate in understanding symptom experiences (10). In accordance with Rhodes and Watson's (8) formulation of symptom experience, severity and frequency are elements of "symptom occurrence", which is one underlying component of a wider symptom experience phenomenon. The second component of symptom experience is "symptom distress", which is described as how the symptom makes the individual feel versus how the symptom is experienced, as in severity or frequency. Symptom distress is a phenomenological experience that reflects one's subjective or personal meaning of the illness symptom; it is often influenced by the everyday life context of, for example, one's family cultural patterns, values, and orientations to health and illness (11). Understanding the meaning of symptom events in palliative care therefore requires a broad symptom model that can guide therapeutic responses in providing relief from the occurrence and distress arising from symptoms. According to the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing Symptom Management Group's symptom management model, symptom experiences are comprehended on three dimensions (12). First, the patient's "perception of a symptom" dimension is depicted as the patient's awareness and cognitive interpretation of a deviation from normal behavior that is embedded in and interacts with contextual demographic, sociocultural, and health/illness factors. The second dimension is the "evaluation of the symptom". Evaluation of symptoms is characterized by elements of the symptom occurrence component of symptom experience (e.g, intensity, location, duration,

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Section: Biomedical Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

Symptoms as Meaningful “Family Culture” Symbols in Palliative Care

Lobchuk

Stymeist

1999

J Palliat Care

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“…Based on particular values and beliefs, cultures develop their own definitions for health and illness as well as their own systems for maintaining health and treating ill-health. While the cognitive dimension of a culture identifies the values and beliefs for health action, the social system provides the basis for the organization and delivery of health care prescribed in social roles and behaviors (Weidman, 1979).…”

Section: Health Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Western medicine spatializes categories of illness in order to measure them, then spends much time and energy trying to distinguish between closely related disorders. The mind/body dichotomy is elaborated in the distinction of diseases of the mind and diseases of the body, which is foreign to many cultures (Weidman, 1979).…”

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2005

The Lea Guide to Composition

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The aim of this descriptive study was to collect data to generate a theory that described and explained health care communication among family nurse practitioners (FNPs), interpreters, and Cambodian refugee patients in primary care settings. Data were obtained in five clinics from ten Cambodian-speaking interpreters and eight family nurse practitioners through semi-structured interviews and observations of health care interactions among the FNP, interpreter, and Cambodian refugee patient. A grounded theory methodology was used for data analysis and theory development.Data analysis revealed that the interpreter engaged in

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“…The nurse interacting with the Cree patient may be hesitant to listen to a story that could provide an important source of information about health beliefs and treatment patters (Aboriginal Health Unit, Alberta Health, 1995). Weidman (1979) suggested another distressing outcome of unidirectional encounters with patients from different cultures; the patient's concerns may be entirely different than those identified by the nurse. The nurse may be focused on one set of symptoms while the patient may view a totally different set of problems.…”

Section: Cultural Competency Mattersmentioning

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Cultural competency matters

Davidhizar

Giger

2000

Leadership in Health Services

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Canada is one of the most multi‐cultural countries in the world. Because of this, a wide variety of ethnic, cultural and personal differences exists. These factors affect patients, their families and health care professionals. Nurses in particular need to be aware of these differences since they are the people most likely to interact closely with patients and all others who are associated with a particular case. Addresses some of those common differences and provides an awareness for professionals who deal with these issues.

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The transcultural view: Prerequisite to interethnic (intercultural) communication in medicine

Cited by 6 publications

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Symptoms as Meaningful “Family Culture” Symbols in Palliative Care

Symptoms as Meaningful “Family Culture” Symbols in Palliative Care

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