跨文化交际修改9-1.ppt

Chapter9 Cultural Influences on Context: The Health Care Setting A young Japanese woman on her way to surgery began to cry when she noticed she was being wheeled into operating room number four. For the Japanese, the character of the number four is almost identical to the word death. Something as simple as a number can stimulate negative connotations in one culture and have the exact opposite impact in another. In contrast, Navaho patients take their medications more consistently when they are administered or required four times a day. For the Navaho, much of the world is viewed in terms of four. “Phrases are repeated four times in their ritual chants, pollen is thrown to the four directions in many of their ceremonies, and they revere four sacred mountains.” Lead in …… The Importance of Examining The Health Care Setting…… (page223) Why is it important to examine the health care setting? The promotion of health and the prevention of disease constitute an urgent need for studying this context. Misunderstandings from ineffective communication cause many people to suffer needlessly. Contents 9.1 Explanations, Treatment, and Prevention of Illness 9.1.1 Three Major Categories of Health Belief System 9.1.2 Cultural Variations in the Cause of Illness 9.1.2 Cultural Variations in the Treatment of Illness 9.1.3 Cultural Variations in the Prevention of Illness 9.2 Religion, Spirituality , and Health Care 9.3 Gender Roles and Health Care 9.3.1 Male Dominance in the Health Care Setting 9.3.2 Female Purity and Modesty 9.3.3 Pregnancy and Childbirth 9.4 The United States: Health Care in a Diverse Patient Population 9.4.1 Self-Disclosure 9.4.2 Language Barriers 9.4.3