Ethnicity and Culture

About this activity

This session looks at cultural factors which may be important to your patients and describes ways which will help ensure that the care they receive is appropriate. This session was reviewed by Suchita Shah and last updated in November 2014. Objectives By the end of this session you will be able to: • Describe your own cultural influences • Recognise the abundance of cultural differences within groups as well as between them • Suggest ways of eliciting and working with the customs, beliefs and attitudes of your patients to improve health outcomes