Cultural differences and

By overcoming cultural differences and successfully managing cross-disciplinary relationships, therapists can help improve a patient s adherence to a treatment regimen that includes medication (Frank, 1997). Patients often appreciate the collaboration of their doctors because it is such a stark contrast to what they are accustomed to in health care. 

It might be expected that the content of courses following the syllabus in pharmaceutical medicine would be quite similar. However, cultural differences and local academic standards and practices have induced major differences in the structure of courses and the techniques of assessment and examination. As it is in the interest of pharmaceutical... 

Second, in regard to scientific matters, the off-mainstream disciplines make useful scientific or commonsense contributions that reflect classifications and concepts of ancient doctrines, but tested over thousands of years. The trial and error testing that have elapsed are an excellent gold-prospector s sieve, or clinical trial, for what is actually useful. Biopharmaceutical companies have been founded to explore ancient and alternative medicines on that very assumption. What is left may nonetheless have analogies with modern concepts if we allow for the cultural differences and the way that available knowledge was represented at the time. So it would not be unfair to say that alternative and mystical medicine are languages that can be translated into mainstream medicine of the future, only if we understand the keys and we are tolerant about using them. 

It is also important to realize that many times clients may distrust a practitioner who looks or acts differently from them. Therefore, it is important to discuss cultural differences and be sure the social worker is aware of her/his own cultural beliefs and mores and how this may conflict with that of the client s. Unfortunately, in a hurried health care environment and in a society that does not always appreciate differences, this may be overlooked. The social worker can be a vital link in ensuring that culturally based ethnic practices are used and that clients maintain their right to integrate cultural practices as they seek to establish self-determination in regard to health and mental health treatments. 

How can I escape the weight of this so recent history [of racial slavery] when a Black woman who does not know me encounters me on the street, at a meeting, or party, obviously attached to a Black man I feel neither guilt nor regret nor any sense of personal defensiveness for my choice of a husband. An obsessively self-conscious person, I am very clear about the deeply rooted origins which tied me for life to this person, and these roots are unquestionably more defining than racial or cultural differences. And of course, I know many Black women who are not bothered by white women coupled with Black men in particular cases. But there is also a social context and history to any personal decision or act. 

By understanding cultural differences you can better do business in other parts of the world. Culture is the underlying structure that determines how things get done in any country. There are mat r cultural differences and these must be understood to effectively operate in other countries. 

General knowledge of various local and international cultures as it relates to one s own field, to include cultural differences and similarities, the dimensions of privilege and power, identity, social and political issues, communication and personal expression. a. Understanding of at least two cultures, preferably covering at least two countries. b. Understanding of problems and issues related to race, gender, social class, etc. within the two cultures. ... 

MeSweeney, B. Hofstede s Model of National Cultural Differences and Consequences a Triumph of Faith - a Failure of Analysis. Human Relations 55(1), 89-118 (2002)... 

Pahlberg, C. (1997). Cultural differences and problems in HQ-subsidiary relationships in MNCs. In I. Bjbrkman M. Forsgren (Eds.), The nature of the international firm (pp. 451-473). Copenhagen Handelshoyskolens Forlag. 

Possess skill with five forms of communication—listening, speaking, writing, graphics, and mathematics and, in a related matter, imderstand the realities of cultural differences and know how to deal with them. 

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