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THE NEED FOR CULTURAL AWARENESS, RESPECT AND COMPETENCY

What is culture? It is difficult to define culture. A characteristic usually included in definitions of culture is that it is "shared by people." Culture is also said to distinguish insiders from outsiders, those who are members of one cultural group from those who are not. This idea of culture leads to the following useful suppositions:

1. Culture is learned. It is transmitted from one generation to another through observation and discourse. Thus, culture is shared with those from whom it is learned and with those to whom it is taught. Older adults have had a great deal of time to learn cultural values and beliefs from those groups with which they have had contact.

2. Culture is localized. Culture is created through specific interactions with specific individuals. Each person draws meaningful elements from these interactions and shares them with some but not all individuals within society.

3. Culture is......

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