Western Healthcare

Western healthcare beliefs involve standardized definitions of health and illness and the extensive use of technology. Health practices include maintenance of health and the prevention of disease via such mechanisms as the avoidance of risk factors and the use of immunizations.  Practices also incorporate annual physical examinations and diagnostic procedures. Healthcare providers in the western culture have the habit of charting everything, constant use of jargon, and the use of a systematic approach and problem solving methodology. Western healthcare providers value the values of compliance, promptness, neatness, and organization. They employ the customs of a hierarchy, obsessive handwashing, and the adherence to certain procedures when attending birth or death. Western healthcare providers need to realize that not everyone shares their beliefs and change their patient care accordingly.

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