After reviewing the Patient Reaction to Illness Powerpoint lesson, go to the internet and research each reaction: Anger, Anxiety, Frustration and helplesness, Grief, Guilt, Depression, Dependency, Suspicion.

Create a Word document from your research containing the following:

 

·        At least one strategy for communicating “effectively” with the patient for each reaction to illness. (i.e. helpless, guilt, anger, etc.)

 

·        Write a paragraph describing a time when you experience a patient (family, friend or other) go through these stages.  What was the outcome?  Was the outcome influenced by the healthcare workers he/she/they interactive with?   In your situation, should have the healthcare provider responded/acted differently?

 

 

 

 

Available from:	Thursday, 12 September 2013, 8:30 AM
Due date:	Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 11:55 PM

University of Phoenix Material

Divine Roles Across Cultures Matrix

Select one common divine role that recurs in world mythology.

Possible options of divine roles include the following: father or mother divinities, divinities of war, home or hearth divinities, divinities of love, divinities of wisdom, divinities of medicine or health, divinities of the wind, divinities of agriculture, divinities of the sky, ruler of all the gods, and so on.

Identify the role in the title of your matrix.

Select two myths, each from a different culture, in which the divine role appears. Identify the divinity names and cultures in columns A and B.

Complete the matrix by answering each of the five questions for both selected divinities.

Title:	Column A Divinity Name: Culture of Origin:	Column B Divinity Name: Culture of Origin:
1. How is this divinity portrayed? Describe the divinity’s role within the myth.
2. Is the divinity male or female? What function does this gender play?
3. Within the myth of origin, how does this divinity compare with other divinities? How does this divinity interact with or compare to divinities of the same gender and to divinities of the opposite gender?
4. What are the divinity’s attributes, such as divine powers or characteristics? What objects does the divinity possess, such as a weapon or animal, that assist him or her?
5. Identify one character from contemporary culture that shares characteristics of each divinity and explain why you chose each character. What real-life ideals does this divine role represent? How attainable are these ideals?

Summary: Write a 150- to 350-word short essay addressing the following: Why do so many cultures have divinities in similar roles?