Case Study 1

Be sure to provide evidence to support your answers.

1. What are the cultural beliefs and values presented in the video?

2. What is the value to the patient of incorporating cultural awareness in the education of healthcare professionals? What is the value to the medical facility? Explain.

3. Do you think the insurance companies would cover these approaches to treatment? If not, how could the cost of time and services be recovered?

4. Would either of these care delivery approaches cause more or less competition among healthcare organizations and practitioners? Explain

5. Do you agree with providing services with these two approaches? Explain.

6. Would embracing cultural beliefs, values, and these care delivery approaches within our medical organizations make the U.S. more or less competitive than other countries? Explain.