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Med Law Unit 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Race (Biologically) | defines a group based on genetic characteristics |
| Culturally Sensitive | Open to learning about different groups |
| Racism | Believing in an inherent superiority of a particular race |
| Ethnocentrism | Seeing one's own standards as superior to the culture of others |
| Multiculturalism | Recognizing that society is pluralistic including dominant and sub groups |
| Culture | A body of learned beliefs and guides for behavior shared by a particular group |
| Heterosexism | Believing that heterosexuality has the right to dominance |
| Prejudice | An attitude, opinion, or feeling formed without adequate knowledge or reason |
| Stereotype | A generalized belief about members of a group |
| Sexism | Believing one sex is superior to the other |
| Ethnicity | Sharing a sense of identity with a particular group re |
| Diversity | All ways that individuals are unique and differ from one another |
| Discrimination | To treat differently on the basis of one's group membership |
| Paradigm | Establish the rules for the way we see things |
| Bariatric | Branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity |
| Cultural Competency | Awareness of, acceptance of and respect for the differences of others |
| Primary Dimension | Unchangeable personal traits |
| Secondary Dimension | Personal traits that we have the power to change |
| Cross Cultural | Dealing with or comparing two or more cultures |
| Accessibility | The quality of being at hand when needed |
| Internalized oppression | A subconscious belief in negative stereotypes |
| Cultural blindness | Treating everyone the same-meets the needs of the dominant group only |
| Value-neutral | Remaining unbiased regarding the decisions of our patients |