Culture Clash: Indigineous Aboriginals

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Culture refers to the knowledge, belief, art, morals, customs and any other capabilities acquired by man as a member of society. Therefore culture clash results when people have different values and beliefs and are not tolerant of each other’s differences (Eckermann, Dowd, Chong, Nixon, Gray and Johnson, 2006.). Due to misunderstandings and differences, the superior group usually tries to violently enforce its values and beliefs to the inferior group and it results in culture conflict. In addition, when an individual or a group becomes foreign, there is a sudden need to adapt to the indigenous behaviours and this causes stress as well as culture shock.

An example of cultural clash is that unlike some people, Indigineous Aboriginals treat men’s illness as a private matter, therefore ill men delay seek of treatment and will sometimes prolong cure causing the disease’s condition to worsen (Eckermann et al, 2006.).This applies to Jacob who eventually visited a doctor after prolonged abdominal pains and told the doctor that he had been embarrassed to seek help or medical treatment since it was “men business”. Again, Jacob asked for male nurse assistance since he was uncomfortable with a female paramedic who kept looking at his abdomen, smiled at him and called him “love” which seemed unacceptable him.

Indigenous Dispossession

Germov, (2009) states that although Australian Aboriginal people had different cultures and languages long ago, they had similar social and emotional commitment and value of their land. They were nomads who lived on hunting and gathering and also migrated seasonally. They were also governed by rules of the land which they obeyed. When the Europeans colonised the Aborigions in about 1788, they totally enforced...

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...ways should be implemented such as patient and family communication to avoid separation anxiety .Secondly, Encouragement of health care practitioners’ surveys to improve services through patient’s feedback. Thirdly, increase of health indicators such as control of weight gain to reduce obesity, diabetes or hypertension. Fourthly, increased personal health education such as effects of alcohol and drug abuse to reduce cancer or drug related diseases. Fifth, encouragement of regular health checks, prescription collection, immunisation, use of community based services such as exercises and social services. Lastly, regular visits by specialists to remote communities to increase trust and understanding between the specialists and the patients since indigenous people are more confident when interacting in their own context and language (Nguyen, 2008).

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