... differences. In particular, cultural competency ensures that healthcare needs are identified and care is provided within the cultural context of the patient. A cultural group shares common origins, customs, and styles of living, and provides a sense of identity and common language. Members" shared history and experiences shape the group's values, goals, expectations, beliefs, perceptions, and behaviors. When cultural competency is not addressed, healthcare may ... be compromised. There are many examples of cultural insensitivity/ignorance on the part of healthcare providers. For example...

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... race the same way. There are four main types of racism; spatial economics, institutional, internalized, and individual racism. Although these four types may differ, they all have one thing in common, and that is, the judging of something, weather being a person, place, or thing, with out knowing about it, or the person, so therefore your being raciest. Spatial racism is basically ... . Internalized racism is paying less attention to other races, besides the Caucasian race, and educated them in certain institutions. Individual racism represents itself quickly when young people grow up wit...

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... race the same way. There are four main types of racism; spatial economics, institutional, internalized, and individual racism. Although these four types may differ, they all have one thing in common, and that is, the judging of something, weather being a person, place, or thing, with out knowing about it, or the person, so therefore your being raciest. Spatial racism is basically ... . Internalized racism is paying less attention to other races, besides the Caucasian race, and educated them in certain institutions. Individual racism represents itself quickly when young people grow up wit...

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... and gender issues and how they affect our society. For my paper, I decided to do a research on assumptions and stereotyping of ethnicity. Assumption as defined in the March 19, 2001 notes, is something we take for granted, something assumed but not proven, take it to be true in order to move on with conversation, and it sometimes bias us. Stereotyping is ... than this race is an outsider. Does our ethnic background affect the way we live in life, put us where we stand? Stereotypes of minorities in the media are very common nowadays. Television creates and sustains the majority's accepte...

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