Margaret Schmidt, a terminally ill 60-year-old American of German descent, was recently admitted to a hospice service and is receiving care at home.

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Margaret Schmidt, a terminally ill 60-year-old American of German descent, was recently admitted to a hospice service and is receiving care at home. Diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, Margaret’s prognosis is less than 6 months 7.How do you deal with cultural health practices unlike your own? 8.Discuss Margaret’s desire to control her life even through terminal illness. 9.Relate Margaret’s strong spiritual beliefs in an afterlife to her ability to cope with her impending death. 10. Describe a plan of care that is culturally sensitive to the patient and her family. 11.How can your knowledge of the German American culture positively influence health outcomes for Margaret? 12.Discuss the cultural filters you may use as you assist Margaret in her health-care decisions. 13.Describe the enculturation you, as a health-care professional, have experienced and how this influences your own health-care decisions.