Annotated Bibliography Summary
Annotated bibliography
Reference:
Eckermann, A, Dowd, T, Chong, E, Nixon, L, Gray, R & Johnson, S. 2010, Binan Goonj: bridging cultures in Aboriginal health, 3rd edition, Elsevier, Sydney.
Summary
The reading from the above source has 2 different chapters which include cultural vitality and cultural shock.
The majority of chapter 4 is interpreting the potential rules and regulations inside the Aboriginal community structure. The topic was raised from a very basic topic which is the decision making among families and communities in order to fulfil the "Reciprocity". The most critical argument in this chapter is “Various kinship networks had been argued as one of the biggest cause of ‘complex and intricate’”. This argument was based on …show more content…
The critical components in the content can be concluded as the explanation of signs and symptoms of cultural shock and interpretation of the shocks in Aboriginal hospitalisation. The appearance of cultural shocks was caused by the differences between the national culture and its subcultures. The major types of shocks were classified into four degrees which are discomfort, confusion, uncertainty and distress. Furthermore, there are five different phases of emotional and psychosocial adjustments and adoptions can be used to interpret signs and symptoms of cultural shocks. These signs and symptoms might impact on six major stressors for Aboriginal hospitalisation which include mechanical differences, isolation, customs, attitude/beliefs, compliance, and communication. This chapter well explained the connection among the stressors and cross-cultural communities. Furthermore, the main arguments focus on interpreting how were they compounded and affected to Aboriginal hospitalisation. Aboriginal people were used to afraid of unknown. In order to manage the confliction in communication, understanding the variety of communication principles, tolerances and boundaries were the most efficient ways to enhance the health care performance and reduce the awareness inside Aboriginal …show more content…
The most impressive task in this chapter is author examined the arguments through a simple figure to help audience to understand the potential connections among four stages.
Author also used other two models to support his argument in order to increase the strength of his arguments. The chapter not only focused on Aboriginal culture but also other subcultures in Australia. Author recommended the cultural based concepts to audience so they can always adopt the suitable models in their nursing practice and realise the important issues in mind to improve the culture-generic competencies.
Reference:
Eckermann, A, Dowd, T, Chong, E, Nixon, L, Gray, R & Johnson, S. 2010, Binan Goonj: bridging cultures in Aboriginal health, 3rd edition, Elsevier, Sydney.
Summary
The reading from the above source has 2 different chapters which include cultural vitality and cultural shock.
The majority of chapter 4 is interpreting the potential rules and regulations inside the Aboriginal community structure. The topic was raised from a very basic topic which is the decision making among families and communities in order to fulfil the "Reciprocity". The most critical argument in this chapter is “Various kinship networks had been argued as one of the biggest cause of ‘complex and intricate’”. This argument was based on …show more content…
The critical components in the content can be concluded as the explanation of signs and symptoms of cultural shock and interpretation of the shocks in Aboriginal hospitalisation. The appearance of cultural shocks was caused by the differences between the national culture and its subcultures. The major types of shocks were classified into four degrees which are discomfort, confusion, uncertainty and distress. Furthermore, there are five different phases of emotional and psychosocial adjustments and adoptions can be used to interpret signs and symptoms of cultural shocks. These signs and symptoms might impact on six major stressors for Aboriginal hospitalisation which include mechanical differences, isolation, customs, attitude/beliefs, compliance, and communication. This chapter well explained the connection among the stressors and cross-cultural communities. Furthermore, the main arguments focus on interpreting how were they compounded and affected to Aboriginal hospitalisation. Aboriginal people were used to afraid of unknown. In order to manage the confliction in communication, understanding the variety of communication principles, tolerances and boundaries were the most efficient ways to enhance the health care performance and reduce the awareness inside Aboriginal …show more content…
The most impressive task in this chapter is author examined the arguments through a simple figure to help audience to understand the potential connections among four stages.
Author also used other two models to support his argument in order to increase the strength of his arguments. The chapter not only focused on Aboriginal culture but also other subcultures in Australia. Author recommended the cultural based concepts to audience so they can always adopt the suitable models in their nursing practice and realise the important issues in mind to improve the culture-generic competencies.