{"title":"The Special Needs of Adult Trans-cultural Cancer Patients","authors":"Tracey A. Rose MSc, RTT, DCR(T)","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60244-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Western culture dominates the health care system in Canada. Patients from non-Western cultures may have needs that are different from Western culture patients. To provide optimal care to all patients, health care professionals need to be sensitive to the needs of different cultures, whilst avoiding the tendency to stereotype patients. This literature review explores the research that has already been undertaken on this subject, and examines what implications there could be for cancer patients. It offers strategies that health care professionals could utilize to enable them to become trans-cultural practitioners.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 2","pages":"Pages 10-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60244-9","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0820593009602449","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Western culture dominates the health care system in Canada. Patients from non-Western cultures may have needs that are different from Western culture patients. To provide optimal care to all patients, health care professionals need to be sensitive to the needs of different cultures, whilst avoiding the tendency to stereotype patients. This literature review explores the research that has already been undertaken on this subject, and examines what implications there could be for cancer patients. It offers strategies that health care professionals could utilize to enable them to become trans-cultural practitioners.