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Copyright © 2002 by W. B. Saunders Company. All rights reserved. Beliefs and values held by people of a given culture about what is good, right, and normal Independent World View l Individualistic l Values independence, autonomy, individuation, and self- determination Interdependent World View l Collectivist l Values interdependence, personal feelings, and desires less relevant than adherence to roles, responsibilities, and relationships within family and group Beliefs and values held by people of a given culture about what is good, right, and normal Independent World View l Individualistic l Values independence, autonomy, individuation, and self- determination Interdependent World View l Collectivist l Values interdependence, personal feelings, and desires less relevant than adherence to roles, responsibilities, and relationships within family and group World Views Menu FB

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Copyright © 2002 by W. B. Saunders Company. All rights reserved. Document types of factors or events causing distress l Balance - Energy - Social - Hot/cold l Spiritual - Human - Non-human - Supernatural Document types of factors or events causing distress l Balance - Energy - Social - Hot/cold l Spiritual - Human - Non-human - Supernatural Explanatory Models Menu FB

Copyright © 2002 by W. B. Saunders Company. All rights reserved. l Environmental - Elements - Negative forces - Germs l Environmental - Elements - Negative forces - Germs Explanatory Models, cont. Menu FB

Copyright © 2002 by W. B. Saunders Company. All rights reserved. Forms of experience and expression of distress l Social l Emotional l Somatic l Spiritual Forms of experience and expression of distress l Social l Emotional l Somatic l Spiritual Idioms of Distress Menu FB

Copyright © 2002 by W. B. Saunders Company. All rights reserved. l Evaluating whether the theories being applied are relevant for the persons the nurse is helping l Allows nurses to provide care that is not bound by Western culture l Evaluating whether the theories being applied are relevant for the persons the nurse is helping l Allows nurses to provide care that is not bound by Western culture Ethnorelativism Menu FB

Copyright © 2002 by W. B. Saunders Company. All rights reserved. l Facilitates ethnorelativism by - translating language - explaining health-related concepts related to client culture l Best when cultural translator closely resembles the client (is from same geographical region, social class, and gender) l Facilitates ethnorelativism by - translating language - explaining health-related concepts related to client culture l Best when cultural translator closely resembles the client (is from same geographical region, social class, and gender) Cultural Translator Menu B