Healthcare and Cultural Values

This assignment discusses the influence of personal and cultural values on healthcare provision. It emphasizes the need for healthcare providers to be aware of diverse values and beliefs held by patients, avoiding imposition of personal views while respecting client autonomy and empowering them through culturally sensitive care.

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Human beings have different values and beliefs. Different families’ communities and friends
contribute to who we are and how we see the world and sometimes how we think. Our values
and beliefs are the ideologies or standards that a group of people or individuals support or
perceive to be of worth. Our value and beliefs guide the manner in which we live and the
decisions we make on our daily basis. In other words, our values and beliefs are the
qualities/things that we consider to be of worth (Stokes, Baker & Lichy, 2016). Values and
beliefs are formed by a specific understanding on the worth of a behavior or idea. For instance,
some people see value in saving the rainforests because they belief it is the right thing to do,
however, the people who depend on the rainforest for wood will not place similar values and
beliefs (Heinicke, Guenther & Widener, 2016).
As a healthcare provider, I have my values, beliefs, and culture different from the other people.
In this case, as I work with people from vulnerable or/and live a lifestyle that the other people
view as unacceptable or different. Being a healthcare provider, I should provide healthcare
services that meets the needs of these people and help them feel empowered. In this case, our
values, beliefs, and culture influence our judgment and the nature of support we give our clients
(Hayes, Owen & Lie, 2017). It is equally important not to pressure the client into a decision
based on our beliefs, values, and culture (Chao, Takeuchi & Farh, 2017). Therefore, it is
important for healthcare providers to be aware of other people’s values and beliefs and design
ways to adopt professional values into the healthcare industry rather than imposing personal
values and beliefs on the patients and to work with the aim of supporting the values and beliefs
of the client.

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