Time to go home: putting together a package of care.
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A Gatford
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Down's syndrome: experiences of mothers from different cultures.
The purpose of this study is to explore the lived experiences of mothers from different cultural backgrounds who have a child with Down's syndrome. Today, in multicultural Britain, cultural awareness and understanding are necessary if relevant care is to be offered. People from different cultures have different health beliefs, understanding and expectations. In order to try to understand these differences, a small selected sample of mothers from three different cultures who had given birth to a child diagnosed with Down's syndrome were interviewed in their own homes. When their responses were analysed they demonstrated their comparative isolation and the influence of cultural beliefs, and also that despite much research and study there is still a lack of respect and value in the way they had been treated. The author of this article addresses the requirement of more sensitivity and empathy to parents' needs.
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Adaptation, Psychological↗