Hca/230 Week 2 Cultural Communication

HCA/230 Week 2 Cultural Communication

Many Hispanics patients seem to be targeted with obstacles while using health care facilities in the U.S. Many health care providers also deal with these obstacles while attempting to treat Hispanic. The use of healthcare services has a lesser number of patients in Hispanics because the bulk of the problem is the language barrier and cultural differences which sometimes leads to false assumption or even the physician completely biased. "Language and culture are by no means the only factors that may act as a barrier. In order to enlighten care providers, as to the potential pitfalls that may exist, there is a need to explore the different factors in the creation of the barriers" (Scheppers, 2005). Many Hispanics do...