Multicultural Communication and its Origin

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Explain multicultural communication and its origins.
Multicultural communication is the dynamic interaction both verbally and written by different people from different cultures and ethnicities. Multicultural communication traces its origin during the period of barter trade, which brought local and global traders from different cultures and multiethnic groups, thus making communication between different cultures and languages a reality.Compare and contrast culture, ethnicity, and acculturation.
Culture is the cumulative deposits of behavior, beliefs, religion, and language that a particular ethnic, social, or age group of people learn and share. Ethnicity is identifying with a group of people based on shared attributes such as skin color, physical characteristics, and cultural traditions, while acculturation is the assimilation of individuals into a new cultural environment by adopting the new cultural traits.
The three constructs provide identity to an individual and have a common heritage where language, food, and way of life define them. However, they are distinct in that culture and acculturation can be passed from generation to generation and can change, while ethnicity cannot (Bartlett, Mendenhall & Ghaffar-Kucher, 2017). Explain how cultural and religious differences affect the health care professional and the issues that can arise in cross-cultural communications.
Cultural and religious diversity in a country brings challenges and opportunities to healthcare professionals. A patient’s beliefs, practices, language, and values can make it difficult for professionals to offer competent medical care as they cannot effectively communicate with patients and understand their medical needs (Swihart, Yarrarapu & Martin, 2018, pp.3-5). On the other hand, the differences create opportunities for these professionals to offer competent healthcare through relevant training to understand cross-cultural issues and religious beliefs, minimizing language barriers and cultural incompetence.
Cross-cultural communications raise issues such as a lack of patients’ understanding of medical concepts and treatment regimens they are supposed to adopt. A disparity in cultural communication can also lead to patients not being taken seriously and discriminated against by medical professionals, who may use stereotypes to dismiss their medical concerns (Würth, Langewitz, Reiter-Theil & Schuster, 2018, pp. 6-8).
Discuss family culture and its effect on patient education.
Culture is the behavior, belief, religion, and language shared by members of a particular group, which are learned within the family unit and guide individuals in living their lives. Culture outlines the way of life and behavior of a people. Thus, if a family culture observes illnesses as karma for previous actions with prayers as the answer, patient education that does not consider the relevance of family culture makes it difficult for the uptake of patient education.List some approaches the health care professional can use to address religious and cultural diversity.
Healthcare professionals can employ the following approaches. One,...