The National Standards for Culturally Appropriate Health Care require that patients receive care that is compatible with their cultural health beliefs. Can you think of an example when this might be a challenge?
ANSWER.
* In some situations giving care to patient in compatible with their
cultural health beliefs is not possible.
* Example
* If a patient admitted with severe blood loss due to road traffic accident
and need to give a large volume of blood to maintain his circulation so the
health care provider explain to patient and relatives about transfusion of blood
but the patient and relatives refuse blood tranfusion due to their cultural belief
The National Standards for Culturally Appropriate Health Care require that patients receive care that is compatible...
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