Ayashe

I work as a nurse in a multi-specialty clinic. Well for one a certain level of understanding with females from certain areas and helping them find female physicians and specialists that would allow them to be more comfortable. Another would be in medical treatment some population groups will not accept some treatments, such as blood transfusions. Recognizing that during Ramadan patients would fast and it would create some challenges with certain testing. Tests that would need to be scheduled rather early in the day or late so to not break the fast. To name a few.. CT scans, certain MRI's, Helicobacter testing would have to be adjusted, and glucose tolerance tests. Recognizing the level of modesty is different for certain cultures. Another example would be a simple flu vaccine clinic, most of the Muslim females would be required to be pulled off into a room away from the crowd where the standard is to just roll up a sleeve and stand in line. We have several Buddhist monks as well that I know that I cannot touch. Just a few examples from the top of my head.

Where I work we see a large number of cultural groups, we have a few doctors who have made it a subspecialty to work with immigrants getting them through the necessary medical documentation that they need. It is a fairly large clinic, in a fairly large medical group, with a very diverse population.