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- Discuss the changing demographic trends that contribute to the United States' multicultural landscape.
- Define the importance of cultural competence when working with patients and families around end-of-life issues.
- Compare and contrast Western and non-Western sociocultural values surrounding end-of-life topics.
- Describe cultural belief systems, values and norms for various racial and ethnic minority groups around death and dying issues including discussing death, attitudes towards death and dying, death rituals, grieving and bereavement, advance directives, palliative care, and other end-of-life issues.
- Discuss culturally sensitive communication strategies when discussing death and dying and end-of-life issues with racial and ethnic minority patients and families, including the role of interpreters.
- Identify best practice guidelines that reflect ethical cultural competence and sensitivity when working with racial and ethnic minority patients and families around issues related to the end of life.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which of the following is the largest racial/ethnic minority group in the United States?
Which of the following states is among those with the greatest number of residents identifying as Native American?
What three main themes are generally included in any discussion of cultural competency?
Cultural sensitivity is defined as
Which of the following is NOT one of the domains of the Transcultural Assessment Model?
Which of the following is an example of behavior that characterizes a high-context culture?
In order to determine the amount of physical space a patient requires to be comfortable, Chung recommends that practitioners
In Hispanic families, what cultural value impacts family members' decisions regarding the use of nursing homes and hospice care?
In the United States and Northern Europe, what major event may have caused mourning practices to shift after the Victorian period?
Which of the following statements regarding cultural beliefs about death is FALSE?
In a study of older Korean individuals, all of the following were considered components of a "good death," EXCEPT:
Which of the following factors is common to funerals or death rituals across all cultures?
Which of the following cultural practices is observed on the Día de los Muertos?
Which color symbolizes death in Vietnamese culture?
Which of the following is NOT a factor in the lower use of advance directives among black patients compared with white patients?
Of the following, which ethnic/racial minority group is the least likely to have an advance care plan?
Patient-centered communication consists of
When interpreters are viewed as neutral individuals who communicate information back and forth, this is referred to as the
Which of the following is NOT a specific quality that improves end-of-life communications via an interpreter?
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