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Thanks. I've heard of that book--think I'll add it to my summer reading list.
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Thanks. I've heard of that book--think I'll add it to my summer reading list.
*If someone isn't from Spain, they are not "Spanish." They may be spanish speaking but that =/= "Spanish."
*There is a lot of heated debate about using Hispanic vs. Latino. There is no consensus on what is correct so I prefer to let individuals decide for themselves how they want to be categorized. If someone tells me that they prefer one or the other, I respect that.
*If someone isn't from China, why would you call them Chinese? 😕 Maybe you are referring to Chinese-Americans? I'm not clear here.
It might be prudent to consider how the patient self-identifies. Very few people I know who are from the continent of Asia (a geographic classfication) call themselves "Asian." Most prefer Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, etc. People get to decide these things for themselves.
"Foreigner"? Do you really refer to people that way? It's so "early-20th century".
Your post does amuse me a little as well. But as someone who has many friends from other countries I have to say that sensitivity in dealing with people who are different from us is an important skill for a health professional. We should let our patients decide how/if they want to be group-identified and labeled and we should WANT to avoid doing things that could offend patients. It's not political correctness, it's basic common courtesy, to me. People are more than their ethnicities.
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*If someone isn't from Spain, they are not "Spanish." They may be spanish speaking but that =/= "Spanish."
*There is a lot of heated debate about using Hispanic vs. Latino. There is no consensus on what is correct so I prefer to let individuals decide for themselves how they want to be categorized. If someone tells me that they prefer one or the other, I respect that.
*If someone isn't from China, why would you call them Chinese? 😕 Maybe you are referring to Chinese-Americans? I'm not clear here.
It might be prudent to consider how the patient self-identifies. Very few people I know who are from the continent of Asia (a geographic classfication) call themselves "Asian." Most prefer Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, etc. People get to decide these things for themselves.
"Foreigner"? Do you really refer to people that way? It's so "early-20th century".
Your post does amuse me a little as well. But as someone who has many friends from other countries I have to say that sensitivity in dealing with people who are different from us is an important skill for a health professional. We should let our patients decide how/if they want to be group-identified and labeled and we should WANT to avoid doing things that could offend patients. It's not political correctness, it's basic common courtesy, to me. People are more than their ethnicities.
All4mydaughter, the purpose of that post (aside from adding a little humor) is that what do you call that person whom you cannot easily talk to effectively because language is a barrier? I could refer to them as what I just did in the prior sentence but man, that is a mouthful! Unless you TALK to the patient (find out where they're from, what they prefer to be identified as, etc), the pharmacist will not know which term is correct (and in this case, COMMUNICATION is the issue). The other purpose of this funny post is that people are easily offended by every little thing and seems like there can never be a houseful of people who are satisfied. The names I was referring to in the post was based on observation--in heated moments in retail pharmacy (too often!), your first observations may be along the lines of "somoene that looks mexican" "someone that looks chinese or asian" "someone that looks white" rather than "someone that is Guatemalan" or "someone that is Lao" or "someone that is Scottish." Anyway.
As a parent who followed the case, I'm devasted. It's getting even worse. The mother wants the child to be buried in Gautemala. Problem is, she is illegal and if she leaves to accompany the body home, she can't return. She's applied for a special visa status for immigrants who are vital to criminal investigations but as soon as she filed she got hit with a deportation order. Very sad. A spanish speaking Ursuline sister has agreed to take the child home to Guatemala for burial. She'll accompany the mom if it's approved. Otherwise, the sister will just do it herself to help the family.
I don't know what I "call" them. I usually say something like, "Mr. Chavez is coming in and he doesn't speak English so we'll need to print the spanish instructions."
we have a patient who only speaks spanish....
it's that simple.... I don't know why people make it so complicated
