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| biomedical health belief system | A belief that health and illness are controlled by a series of physical and biochemical processes that can be analyzed and manipulated by humans. Primary health belief in the United States |
| cultural competence | Awareness by the nurse of his or her own cultural belief practices and an understanding of the limitations that these beliefs put on the nurse when dealing with those from other cultures. This understanding should give the nurse the ability to react to others with openness to and understanding and acceptance of cultural differnces between them. |
| culture | 1.) A set of learned values, beliefs, customs, and practices that are shared by a group and passed from one generation to another. 2.) A laboratory test involving cultivation of microorganisms or cells in a special growth medium |
| ethnicity | A group of people who share a common social and cultural heritage based on traditions, national origin, and physical and biologic characteristics. They often share social practices such as language, religion, dress, music, and food |
| ethnic stereotype | A fixed concept of how all members of an ethnic group act or think |
| ethnocentrism | A perception that the practices and beliefs of one's own culture are superior to those of other cultures |
| folk health belief system | Belief that health and illness are controlled by supernatural forces. May use native healers, plants, religious rituals, and prayers |
| holistic health belief system | Belief that forces of nature must be kept in natural balance or harmony |
| mores | Accepted traditional customs, moral attitudes, or manners of a particular social group. |
| race | A group of people who share biologic and physical characteristics |
| society | A nation, community, or broad group of people who establish particular aims, beliefs, or standards of living and conduct |
| stereotype | A generalization about a form of behavior, an individual, or a group |
| subculture | A group that shares many characteristics with the primary culture but has characteristic patterns of behavior and ideals that distinguish it from the rest of a cultural group |
| transcultural nursing | An integration of the nurse's understanding of culture into all aspects of nursing care |
