Write 1-2 paragraphs below describing a situation in which you had difficulty communicating with a person from a cultural background different from yours.

In your own words, define ethnocentrism. Explain whether you feel your communication with this person was a result of ethnocentrism (yours or the other person’s).

 

 

 

 

Write 1-2 paragraphs below describing a situation in which you had difficulty working with another individual or within a group.

If the situation turned out well, describe the communication and collaborative skills you used to achieve success.
If it did not turn out well, describe what you should have done differently.

 

 

 

 

 

David is a radiologic technologist practicing at a busy rural New Mexico clinic that is affiliated with the Indian Health Service. He is performing an examination on Mr. Whitehorse, a 51 year-old Native American who has recently been experiencing severe low back pain. When David asks Mr. Whitehorse to describe the onset and development of his condition, Mr. Whitehorse replies that it is a spirit-born retribution for having betrayed a friend. Furthermore, Mr. Whitehorse feels that no treatment will work unless he first receives a spiritual cleansing from a tribal medicine man.

How should David acknowledge Mr. Whitehorse’s beliefs about the cause of his problem?
How could David address Mr. Whitehorse’s desire to be seen by a tribal medicine man?
How might Mr. Whitehorse react when given the results of his examination, which indicates a severe lumbar strain related to overuse as the likely cause of the pain?What would be an appropriate reaction?

 

 

 

 

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Points Possible:30

9 points for your response to each question

3 points for writing mechanics

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