pharm ch 4 cultural implications

practice fold medicine, employ root doctors as healers, spiritualists.  use herbs, oils, and roots

believe in traditional medicine: hot and cold foods; herbs/teas/soups; use of accupuncture and herbalist

view health as result of good luck and living right; see illness as a result of doing a bad deed.  heat, cold, and herbs used as remedies.  use curandero, spiritualist

believe in harmony with nature and ill spirits causing disease.  use medicine man

asking personal questions of someone met for the first time seen as intrusive and not proper.  direct eye contact seen as rude.  present oriented.

high respect of others, especially of individual in positions of authority.  not usually comfortable with custom of shaking hands with people of the opposite sex.  present oriented.

expressing negative feelings seen as impolite.  avoiding eye contact seen as respectful and attentive.  touching acceptable between two persons in conversation.

speak in low tones.  light touch of a persons hand is preferred over shaking hands as greetings.  present orientated.

close extended family ties.  women play important key role in making health care decisions

have close extended family ties; family needs more important than individual needs.

have close extended family ties; all family members involved in health care decisions

have close family ties; emphasis on family

keloid formation, sickle cell anemia, lactose intolerance, skin color, acne

many drug interactions, lactose intolerant, skin color, thalassemia

lactose intolerance, skin color

lactose intolerance, skin color, cleft uvula problems