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Outline of Presentation

The function of culture is to give us an all encompassing pattern for living. It provides us with the guidelines and rules for our membership of humankind.

Three basic ingredients of culture

Culture ensures that the human experience has context and therefore, it also ensures that the human experience is meaningful

Social Work with Trauma in an Acute Hospital

An experience is traumatic if:

A traumatic reaction to an incident:

Identifying and treating these reactions to prevent the development of pathology, such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) should be an essential component of acute medical care

identify previous maladaptive trauma responses

Providing health services across cultures often sees:

What can be done?

Concentrate on the patient’s/family’s own experience and understanding of their illness or condition.

Shirres, M.P. 1997. Te Tangata: The Human Person. Auckland: Accent

Acknowledgements

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