Cultural Sensitivity and Health Care

It is critical for medical practitioners understand the cultural values and beliefs of patients while offering health care services or treatment administration. Valuing the diversity in the patients’ population helps promote health care and on the other hand prevent an occurrence of diseases by engaging in the right activities in the society involved. Therefore, upholds culturally accepted interventions regarding the health issue at hand. In essence, cultural beliefs and practices are unique, and thus, within the healthcare setting, nursing practitioners are obliged to acknowledge this diversity in all healthcare operations and duties, particularly so while interacting with patients. Cross-cultural knowledge is essential to patient’s education and acceptability in the host society. As in the case of India, the variety of cultures in the different communities has significant implications when contrasted to the American culture in general Cultural Sensitivity and Health Care

Therefore, it becomes a challenge to provide quality healthcare services to high populations with multicultural backgrounds as seen in India. As a society with diverse ethnicities, cultures languages and religion, Indian nursing practitioners from other communities may find it challenging to manage the present illness. For instance, it is fundamental for medical practitioners to appreciate the socio-cultural, psychological and even environmental aspects during and when carrying out disease diagnosis for patients. Also, cultural beliefs and perceptions could be resourceful while undertaking medical examinations, especially when body evaluation do not provide adequate results for perceived illnesses (Holland & Hogg, 2001).