132 Annual Meeting Logo - Go to APHA Meeting Page  
APHA Logo - Go to APHA Home Page
Session: Understanding Different Cultures and Public Healthcare Customs
3006.3: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Understanding Different Cultures and Public Healthcare Customs
In this talk, Western and Eastern cultures would be compared in relations to differing cultural needs of patients seen by British and American doctors, nurses and public healthcare professionals. After mentioning the health politics, economics and law concerning cultural needs, a clear comparison would be made about cultural differences covering the profile of Western and Eastern society, family, child, adolescent, woman, man, and the elderly. Furthermore, healthcare and business cultural differences in behavior and thinking would be outlined. How religions influence a patient's culture, particularly in uptake of health services worldwide, and how verbal and non-verbal communication can be misunderstood? These issues would be covered sympathetically without getting involved in the politics of segregation, forced integration or confrontation.
Learning Objectives: coming soon.
8:30 AMUnderstanding different cultures and public healthcare customs  [ Recorded presentation ]
Bashir Qureshi, FRCGP, FRCPCH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:APHA
Endorsed by:Health Administration
CE Credits:Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA