Question

GERMAN CASE STUDY

Margaret Schmidt, a terminally ill 60-year-old American of German descent, was recently admitted to a hospice service and is receiving care at home. Diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, Margaret’s prognosis is less than 6 months.

GERMAN CASE STUDY

1.

What experiences have you had with patients of German descent?

2. How does Margaret’s German ancestry mold her beliefs about medical treatment?

3. What Western medicine concepts complicate the staff and family’s understanding of Margaret’s self-prescribed medical regimen?

4. How do you, as a health-care professional, feel about the use of homeopathic remedies?

5. What is your view of the use of medical intuitionists and other non-Western health practices?

6. How do Margaret’s health-care choices differ or match your own?

7. How do you deal with cultural health practices unlike your own?

Answer 1

German descent is a germanic ethnic group native to central europe,who share a common german ancestry,culture and histry..
1, Germans they will expect for more personal space than americans do..so we have to be careful while handling the patient..They will always expect for good communication with eye contact..as a nurse we will be punctual with them with their treatment process therwise they will think that is insult for them..,they will expect more expelanation for their doubts and education must be in a correct way..they will be very particualr with their diet regimen..
2, German belief their health by maintainig diet,rest and excercise..
-Outside sources,punishment for sins,lack of cleanliness,self abuse is usually the cause for disease they will belief..
-they belief the treatment like medications,self care for minor illness and prayer and religious followup is the traditional healer for them..
-they have self-control with their pain it can be cure by medicine..
-Health insurance different from uuited statesinsurance policy..
-they will expect from health care providers good communication with proper eye contact..
-they will expect more education and reason for their illness..
-They will be more aware about their diet control and preventive diseases..
3, Margaret following her own western medicine for her illness and she think doctors and nurses they will follow their own cultural beliefs about her illness and may have less experience for her breast cancer..margaret consider that non-medical approaches to her cancer illness treatement commonly alternative..complementary and alternative medicine will depend on the social and cultural belief from health care,various contemporary and traditional therapeutic modalities in the treatement from different cultural groups they will not must involve in their treatment..
4, Homeopathic is a 200year old from of medicine for healing process it is holistic system of medicine based treating disease with highly diluted preparations..The effectiveness of homeopathic medicaine yet to be proved..so there is no repalcement for homeopathic treatment with severe illness or infections..It is a conventional medical treatement..National health and medical research counsil(NHMRC) concluded that there is no reliable evidence for homeopathy effective for health illnesss..
   Homeopathic treatment won't be suitable for chronic and serious illness..homeopathic medicine are not antibody or germ-fighting cell formation so it can not be accept for vaccination,homepoathy medicine made from plants,animals and minerals so it avoid adverse reaction from illness..to treat-person physical,and emotional symptoms it is good like the person from suffering..It can be liquid,granules,powder and tablets form..to take this we need physician advice and we need to alter our lifestyle and dietary habits..Initially patients may aggravation with symptoms before getting better,,this conventioanl drugs(Homeopathy) can be stopped inbetween without doctor advice..We can not mix western medicine and homeopathy medicine together for our illness..
5, The use of non western medicine (NWM) outside the institutionalised and regualr of health care embedded in the philosophical beliefs and social realtionship that about person belief..In oncology field more people using western world using complementary and alternative medicine..