HLT 324V Week 4 Case Study: Through the Eyes of the Patient and the Health Care Professional

Case Study: Through the Eyes of the Patient and the Health Care Professional

Topic: Spiritual and Cultural Emphases on Death and Dying

Allied health professionals are confronted with different death and dying practices. An effective allied health professional recognizes the importance of understanding different cultural practices, and learns how to evaluate the death, dying, and spiritual beliefs and practices across the cultures.

Read the two specified case histories and choose one for this assignment.

Chapter 4, “Stories of Abby: An Ojibwa Journey” and Chapter 14, “Stories of Shanti: Culture and Karma,” by Gelfland, Raspa, and Sherylyn, from End-of-Life Stories: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries (2005), available in the GCU Library:

http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/grandcanyon/Doc?id=10265487

Identify your role as a health care professional in supporting Abby or Shanti’s dying rituals, and in creating strategies for displaying respect while still providing quality care. Integrate your strategies as you develop a care plan describing how you would approach the situation and care for the patient. Review the “Care Plan” template prior to beginning.

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Include the following in your care plan:

• Communication: family and patient
• Treatment options that align with the specific culture
• Education: family and patient
• Family roles in the process
• Spiritual beliefs
• Barriers
• Cultural responses
• Any additional components that you feel would need to be addressed (from your perspective as a health care professional)

Prepare this Case Study: Through the Eyes of the Patient and the Health Care Professional assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

HLT 324V Week 5 Benchmark Assignment – Nontraditional Health Care Practices

Research different popular nontraditional health care practices. Write a 1,000-1,200 word paper exploring nontraditional health care practices and include the following:

• Describe nontraditional health care practices in different cultures. Compare at least three cultures.
• Explain how these practices affect wellness and prevention in different cultures.
• Identify the nontraditional health care options in your areas, and identify the number of people choosing to use them over traditional medical practices. Propose reasons why the number of people using nontraditional health care options is rising.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HLT 324V Week 5 Discussion 2

Some parents are refraining from giving certain immunizations to their children. How will this affect diseases in the United States in the future? How as medical professionals can we embrace these nontraditional practices?

Case Study: Through the Eyes of the Patient and the Health Care Professional

HLT 324V Week 5 Discussion 1

If you were caring for a child who could be cured if given blood transfusions, but whose parents refused permission to give the transfusions due to religious beliefs, what would you do?