It Is Important That Clinicians Be More Aware of Cultural

question 57

Multiple Choice

It is important that clinicians be more aware of cultural issues for all of the following reasons except

• A) different cultural issues may influence the diagnosis.
• B) North America is relatively multi-cultural.
• C) certain syndromes appear only within a particular culture.
• D) different cultural practices may be unusual to white North Americans, but are normal in the society in which they are found.
• E) many clinicians now visit and diagnose patients in many different countries.

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