- 18 Mar, 2021
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Chinese and Japenese culture sensitive health care case study
Study Questions
1. If you were to go to China on a business trip, how would you design your name card so that the Chinese would not be confused?
2. If you wished to have a meeting with a Chinese delegation of health-care
providers, would you expect them to be on time? Why?
3. If the meeting included a meal with Chinese food, what kinds of food
would you expect to be served? How would it be presented? If something
were served that you do not like, would you eat it anyway?
4. Compare and contrast the Chinese meaning of life and way of thinking
with the Western meaning of life and way of thinking.
5. What are the common health risks for the development of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease among Chinese people?
6. What are some of the reasons that Mr. Li waited so long to enter the
hospital?
7. Mr. Li did not complain of chest pain in the cardiac intensive-care unit. Is
this a common behavior? Why?
8. True or False: The Chinese family will expect health-care providers at the
hospital to provide most of the care for Mr. Li.
9. Why must the physician be careful with the amounts of medication
ordered?
10. Mrs. Li is curt, demanding, and disagreeable toward her daughter-in-law.
Why does she act this way?
11. Explain why Mr. Li blames the airplane ride and the Western food for his
heart attack. Why does he meditate and do exercises?
12. Is Mr. Li’s stoicism during dying surprising? Why do the family members refuse to discuss his health and possible death?
13. What is the preferred method for handling the remains of a deceased
Chinese person?
14. Describe common mourning rituals for the Chinese.
15. Describe bereavement in a Chinese family.
16. Describe a common view of death among Chinese.