Greek Culture Research Paper

Madison Kelly

Mrs. Belcher

IVVC CNA

15 September 2017

Greek Medical Care and Culture

As anticipated, all cultures around the world are different for many different reasons, one of them being medical care. Greek culture differs from American Culture in more ways than just one, the medical field being a main focus.

To open, the Greek culture believes that the “Holy Statement” stems from the Father only, not the Son, whereas in American culture, the “Holy Statement” stems from the Father and the Son, this being a primary piece of information in their belief system. Like American culture, the Greek Orthodox population believe in prayer for healing both physically and psychologically. In the Greek culture, there are no known prohibited

These services provide basic healthcare for anyone, even in remote areas. Although theses services are very open ended, there is overconcentration of these hospitals and clinics in the main cities such as Athens. Private organizations and facilities are open to those who can afford them, as not the whole Greek population is not wealthy, as imaginable. Greek wishes are alike to the American culture in terms of comfortability with the available nursing staff; they like to feel comfortable and trustworthy of their nurses and doctors. For example, privacy is also very valued in tradition; male patients are very anel about having male nurses, especially when the time comes to change into hospital gowns or anything that could potentially involve being exposed for a short period of time. Continuing with privacy, the Greeks are also very sensitive when it comes to the death of a loved one, so they typically try to avoid telling the patient what the diagnosis or prognosis is, believing that if the patient knows what his/her cause of death is, it will cause him/her to be further burdened. Therefore, the Greek families preferred to be told or informed of the diagnosis first, to figure out if they should collectively inform the patient. Along with diagnoses, the term “cancer” is feared, so for that reason, they prefer to use the term “the growth” if the need is ever

They also viewed illness or sickness as a punishment from the gods due to a wrongdoing. The Greeks started out the medicine field as a variety of methods used and beliefs that depended on factors such as geography and time period as well as gender and the local traditions of an individual, as well as one’s social class. They refused to view it as a “body” of knowledge and various practices, like the American culture commonly refers to it as. The strategies used to come up with different medications was often based on one’s diet, as diet was one of the highly valued components in the Greek