Deck 2: Multicultural Therapeutic Communication

Question 1

Persons from Asian cultures have a high acceptance of Western medicine,relying on pharmaceutical products and surgical procedures to treat illness and disease._________________________

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Explain HIPAA as it pertains to caregiving by relatives or extended family.

Answer 2

When clients wish to have a caregiver present during their appointments,clients must give their permission because confidential medical information will be shared.

Question 3

Discuss how persons of Native American cultures view eye contact and expressed emotions.

Answer 3

Eye contact is considered disrespectful.Native Americans are frequently quiet and frequently show little emotion.

Question 4

According to a 2013 survey,_______ of those surveyed showed a negative bias toward the LGBT community.

A) 22%
B) 25%
C) 39%
D) 45%

Question 5

Describe the dietary needs of someone of the Jewish faith.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT considered a barrier to multicultural therapeutic communication?

A) perceptions
B) stereotyping
C) ethnocentrism
D) the Internet

Question 7

Racism implies

A) desegregation
B) tolerance
C) discrimination
D) sensitivity

Question 8

Define culture.

Question 9

Folk medicines do not cause harmful or dangerous effects._________________________

Question 10

A medical interpreter is most useful during the consent process._________________________

Question 11

A low-context communication style refers to one that

A) utilizes few environmental idioms
B) relies on body language
C) is defined by culturally relevant terms
D) requires cultural knowledge

Question 12

Bias is the belief that one's own culture and traditions are better than those of another._________________________

Question 13

Low-context communication is "in your face." _________________________

Question 14

Which culture embraces Confucian principles of mind control over the body?

A) Caribbean
B) East Asian
C) Pacific Islander
D) Hispanic

Question 15

Which culture is NOT strongly influenced by folk medicine.?

A) Caucasian (Western)
B) Native Americans
C) Islamic
D) Jewish

Question 16

According to the text,the Christian God plays a particularly strong role in which culture?

A) Asian
B) Hispanic
C) Pacific Islander
D) Japanese

Question 17

Culture has a greater effect on the attitudes relating to medical treatment and therapeutic communication than race and physical characteristics._________________________

Question 18

The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that health care facilities bill the client for provision of effective communication alternatives.______________________________

Question 19

Perceptions are unconscious insights or intuitions._________________________

Question 20

Stereotyping refers to the

A) procedures or guidelines followed by health care facilities
B) belief that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same
C) opinions or judgments that are formed before all the facts are known
D) behaviors that result from language limitations between and within culture

Question 21

​Match each item with the correct statement below.An item may be used more than once.

​requires Kosher food and prohibits consumption of pork;considers the Sabbath as a day of rest

A)​Buddhism
B)​Judaism
C)​Islam
D)​Christian Science
E)​Confucianism

Question 22

​Match each item with the correct statement below.An item may be used more than once.

​avoids discussion of taboo subjects such as mental illness,contraception,and hospice care

A)​Buddhism
B)​Judaism
C)​Islam
D)​Christian Science
E)​Confucianism

Question 23

​Match each item with the correct statement below.An item may be used more than once.

​believes in reincarnation and prescribes a vegetarian diet

A)​Buddhism
B)​Judaism
C)​Islam
D)​Christian Science
E)​Confucianism

Question 24

​Match each item with the correct statement below.An item may be used more than once.

​includes principles of mind control over the body and maintaining a balance between natural forces

A)​Buddhism
B)​Judaism
C)​Islam
D)​Christian Science
E)​Confucianism

Question 25

​Match each item with the correct statement below.An item may be used more than once.

​believes all illness and suffering is illusory

A)​Buddhism
B)​Judaism
C)​Islam
D)​Christian Science
E)​Confucianism