What Should the Healthcare Professional Do When Faced with Patients

question 15

Multiple Choice

What should the healthcare professional do when faced with patients from cultures with different behaviors, traditions, and values than his or her own?

• A) Recognize that other cultures are inferior
• B) Avoid trying to understand their culture
• C) Strive to understand and be tolerant of them
• D) Get someone from a similar culture to care for the patient
• E) Teach the patient acceptable behaviors in your culture

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Definitions:

Word Root

The fundamental part of a word that contains its primary meaning, to which prefixes and suffixes can be attached to create new words.

Prefix

A letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to alter its meaning or create a new word.

Suffix

An affix that is added to the end of a word to alter its meaning or create a new word.

Combining Forms

In medical terminology, the word root with a combining form vowel (usually an “o”) that aids in making the word pronounceable, particularly when adding a suffix that begins with a consonant.