Question

Many cultures have ethno-etiologies that provide explanations for illness that are not based in science. From a biomedical perspective, the non-scientific medical treatments provided in these cultures have a low likelihood of success. Despite this, people tend to believe that the treatments are working.

• 1. Why do you think people tend to be satisfied with the effectiveness of the treatments they receive?
• 2. In transcultural nursing practice, why would it be important for nurses to understand such ethno-etiologies when nurses interact with patients of different cultures?

Subject: Anthropology

Answer 1

1.People are satisfied with the treatment is because of the following reasons;

• The patient gets cured and he feels better. So from the conversation from the patient, we know that they are happy with the treatment.
• Secondly, the attitude from the doctors, nurses, and hospital staff. By seeing the behaviour as well as their mode of actions, we can understand that we get the best treatment. And also, the communication by these people with the patients and their attendedes help us to understand that the patient gets cured or not.
• Thirdly, the rush to a particluar hospital, is a good example to beleive that people are happy and better in the treatment. Because, if they are not happy then they would not recommend a particular hospital or doctor. So, from this we can say that patient is happy about the treatment.
• The facilites provided by each hospital varies. Nowadaya many hospitals have high -tech facilities.So, people are even cured from deadly illness. Therefore, they are happy.

2. When communicating with the patient and their family memn\bers, it is important to know about their ethno-etiologies, beacuse, certain type of diseases are more likely to cause only in specific ethnic groups or place. So, while histroycollecton, the nurse must check the etho-etiologies.For instcne, one such example is sickle cell disease which is found mostly in African people or African -American etc.