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Title: Amish culture norms
Description: These notes state the differences and similarities between the Amish culture norms and the American culture norms in the medical office.
Description: These notes state the differences and similarities between the Amish culture norms and the American culture norms in the medical office.
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Anna Jarogene
6/8/15
Unit 6 Homework
Cultural norms and the medical office research
Within the medical offices, many different cultures have many different beliefs and
techniques of how they work
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In some ways they are similar with how we, Americans, work in the medical
office, but they have many differences as well
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To start off, the Amish have a high belief in God being the ultimate healer and God will
heal by working in the human body by whatever means he decides to go with
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That is different from the American culture because most American’s
believe in getting checked out for anything that they believe is a health problem
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To add on, the Amish
culture will follow folk remedies, drink herbal teas, reflexology, and eat healthy foods as their
first line of defense against minor and major illnesses
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Also, the Amish culture will not ask for or accept any medical help from outside of
their Amish community because they rely and depend on their God and community and wish to
stay separated from the world, so they can also turn to health care from a biomedical practitioner,
in the occasion when home remedies and folk remedies do not work against illness
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Some Amish church districts will have no acceptance towards
biomedical care, so an Amish citizen may not turn to that care if their church or family does not
believe in it
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Most of the time, the Amish will only get biomedical care
as a drastic measure when their health is at a serious risk or not at all if their family is highly
against it, while Americans highly depend on medicines to treat them
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Next, another difference between the Amish culture and the American culture is their
beliefs in children in the medical office
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While the American culture requires
that children need immunizations in order to get into school, the Amish culture believes
otherwise
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To add on,
Amish children do not get annual health exams
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The
American culture even has health screenings with the school nurse every school year throughout
elementary, middle, and high school to check for hearing and vision changes
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That goes with their beliefs against immunizations and children health exams
because most likely, an Amish bishop will believe that preventative health care is a sign of a lack
of their faith in God
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But, most of the American culture has a high belief
in preventative health care and goes for health screenings, For example cancer screenings, flu
shots, physical exams annually, and more
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While the American culture requires every
citizen to have health insurance or else they could be fined, the Amish culture is not so strict with
it
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The Amish do not believe in having any type of health
insurance at all because it would show signs of them having no faith in the community during
times of struggle
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So, while Americans use their health insurance to rely on for health expenses, the
Amish will keep one community member in charge of maintaining a pool of funds that will be
used for medical needs within the community
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To add on, another difference between the Amish and American cultures is how they
feel about birth control, abortion, and having babies
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That differs from the American culture because some Americans believe in abortion
and it is not prohibited in the American culture
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While the whole Amish
community views abortion as a sin and are not allowed to get the procedure done
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Amish families
want to grow their families and will not take any type of birth control because they desire having
babies and large families
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Americans are not against giving out birth control, talking
about birth control, and having advertisements about birth control telling American teenagers
that it is better to wait to start their own family
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But, Americans are at a lower risk for problems because they have treatments and more
to help pregnancy complications
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Also, Americans receive more medical attention during pregnancies to
help reduce the risk of pregnancy complications and birth defects on the baby
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Most Amish individuals either have their baby at their house or with
a midwife, and only resort to hospitals when they have pregnancy complications
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Also, the Amish woman who is pregnant will take a herbal “fiveweek formula” during
the end of their pregnancy which is made with different herbs to aid with uterine contractions
and more
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To add on, since the Amish are not familiar with technology and will
not receive help from outside their community, they do not believe in prenatal care or testing
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But, Americans
do receive prenatal care and testing in order to check on how the mother and the baby are doing
and how the baby is developing, as well as if the pregnancy is correctly working and the baby is
developing correctly
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Finally, a belief that the Amish have that differs from our culture is that they believe
that once a person’s life has lost meaning and purpose, usually when they are really sick or
dying, that patient’s life should not try to be recovered medically
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On occasions when the patient can not leave the hospital, their family members should
surround them in their final moments of life
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When a patient has brain
damage, or is in a coma, their family can decide if they can be put on life support or if the plug
will be pulled
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In conclusion, there are many differences between the Amish and the American cultural
norms and the medical office
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Since the Amish do not believe in medicine and are more likely to take
home and herbal remedies, they are more prone to illnesses that will not be prevented by those
remedies
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The Amish also do not believe in preventative medicines, while
Americans believe in immunizations and health exams
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Next, the Amish do not believe in health insurance and will either pay out of
pocket or use community funds, while Americans must have some type of health insurance or
they will be fined
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Lastly, the Amish will not prolong or try and treat a patient close to death,
and believe that death should not be stressed or worried about, while it is up to an American’s
immediate family or the patient if they stay on life support or if the plug should be pulled
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Works Cited
"Caring Across Cultures and Belief Systems
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org
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Web
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Corbella, Alexandra
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The Classroom
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Web
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Greksa, Lawrence P
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Korbin
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Web
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Kraybill, Donald B
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" Amish
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24 May 2015
Title: Amish culture norms
Description: These notes state the differences and similarities between the Amish culture norms and the American culture norms in the medical office.
Description: These notes state the differences and similarities between the Amish culture norms and the American culture norms in the medical office.