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), from the GCU Library.
Identify your role as a health care professional in supporting Abby’s or Shanti’s dying rituals, and in creating strategies for displaying respect while still providing quality care. Identify communication strategies necessary in caring for your select person. 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.
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 assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
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Professionals in the allied health field are presented with a variety of diverse death and dying approaches. An competent allied health worker acknowledges the need of knowing distinct cultural customs, and learns how to analyze the beliefs and practices around death and dying, as well as spiritual beliefs and practices, in different cultural contexts.
Read through the two case studies provided and select one to use for this task.
Accessed through the GCU Library, Chapter 4, “Stories of Abby: An Ojibwa Journey,” and Chapter 14, entitled “Stories of Shanti: Culture and Karma,” both written by Gelfland, Raspa, and Sherylyn and found in End-of-Life Stories: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries (2005) by Gelfland, Raspa, and Sherylyn.
Develop an understanding of your role as a health-care practitioner in Helping Abby or Shanti with their dying rites and developing techniques for demonstrating respect while still providing high-quality care. Identify the communication strategies that will be required in caring for your chosen person. Ensure that your strategies are integrated as you create a care plan that describes how you would tackle the circumstance and care for the patient. Before you begin, make sure you have read the “Care Plan” template.
Incorporate the following into your care strategy:
Communication between the patient’s family and the doctor
Treatment choices that are appropriate for the particular culture
Education is provided by the patient’s relatives.
The involvement of family members in the process
Beliefs in spirituality
Barriers
Cultural repercussions
Are there any additional components that you believe should be taken into consideration? (from your perspective as a health care professional)
Prepare this assignment in accordance with the criteria included in the APA Style Guide, which may be accessed in the Student Success Center. It is not necessary to submit an abstract.
