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Cultural Characteristics
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Definition of 'Cultural Characteristics'Those aspects or characteristics which identify a culture. Common names: Cultural Characteristics; Characteristic, Cultural; Characteristics, Cultural; Cultural Characteristic |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Perspectives on transcultural care.
29 Nov 2009
Culture has been defined as the thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. A culture of nursing refers to the learned and transmitted lifeways, values, symbols, ... Read more...
30 Oct 2009
Neuroscience addresses questions that, if resolved, will reveal aspects of our individuality. Therefore neuroscientific knowledge is not solely constrained within laboratories, but readily captures the attention of the public at large. Ideas, ... Read more...
Alcohol expectancies among high school students in Inner Mongolia, China.
29 Sep 2009
OBJECTIVE: This study examines differences in Chinese high school students' alcohol expectancies by drinking status (nondrinker, occasional drinker, regular drinker) and gender (male, female). METHOD: The authors administered the Chinese Adolescent ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Cultural Characteristics'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Perspectives on transcultural care.
29 Nov 2009 - Neuroculture.
30 Oct 2009 - The interdisciplinary approach to culturally tailored medical care: "Social networking" for decreasing risk: Comment on "The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial" and "Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults".
24 Oct 2009 - Alcohol expectancies among high school students in Inner Mongolia, China.
29 Sep 2009 - Against the tide of change: diet and health in the Pacific islands.
29 Sep 2009 - Neural basis of individualistic and collectivistic views of self.
30 Aug 2009 - Autonomy, beneficence, and gezelligheid: lessons in moral theory from the Dutch.
30 Aug 2009 - Bioethics & human rights: access to health-related goods.
30 Aug 2009 - Normative slogging.
30 Aug 2009 - Gangster, victim or both? The interdiscursive construction of sameness and difference in self-presentations.
30 Aug 2009 - The role of culture in the context of school-based BMI screening.
30 Aug 2009 - Attitudes and sociocultural factors influencing vaginal douching behavior among English-speaking Latinas.
30 Aug 2009 - Informed recruitment in partner studies of HIV transmission: an ethical issue in couples research.
25 Aug 2009 - Postnatal mental distress in relation to the sociocultural practices of childbirth: an exploratory qualitative study from Ethiopia.
22 Aug 2009 - Editorial comment.
18 Aug 2009 - German version of the Pediatric Incontinence Questionnaire for urinary incontinence health related quality of life.
18 Aug 2009 - Editorial comment.
18 Aug 2009 - Coevolution of adaptive technology, maladaptive culture and population size in a producer-scrounger game.
17 Aug 2009 - Body image disturbance and surgical decision making in egyptian post menopausal breast cancer patients.
11 Aug 2009 - Inferring population histories using cultural data.
10 Aug 2009
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Technical information about 'Cultural Characteristics'
Definition: Those aspects or characteristics which identify a culture.
Descriptor UI: D003466
Alternative terms: Cultural Characteristics; Characteristic, Cultural; Characteristics, Cultural; Cultural Characteristic;
Related Mesh Headings: Cross-Cultural Comparison;
Tree Number: I01.076.201.450.324; I01.880.143.329;
Online Note: search CULTURE 1968-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under CULTURE 1975-90
Technical Notes: not for microbial or tissue cultures; no qualif