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Any comment, opinion for 1,2,3,4
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I think the clear instance of ineffective communication was the fact that the father does not speak fluent English, whereas the doctor does. From that moment, there was a language barrier and even though the doctor may have explained the situation to the client's daughters, there was no translator present at the time the doctor was offering chemotherapy as a form of treatment.
It was clear that the conversation was a low-context approach which I think was appropriate so that the daughter could have a complete understanding of his father's incurable disease and forms of treatment. However, due to the cultural dissimilarity between the doctor and clients, there was ineffective communication and therefore some conflict between the doctor and daughter.
The factor that may have had a negative impact on the client's care is that, the health care provider could not grasp the situation from the client's point of view. Therefore, while he was just trying to treat his client as he would any other client, he didn't take into consideration the client's family values and how his language barrier may have affected his choice and how informed he was. In fact, it was not that the client was not informed but more so that the client did not receive the meaning from the message the doctor was trying to convey.
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2. since there is no ttranslator then the problem will be big. The doctor speak fluent English aand the patient does not, in that case before the doctor will say anything to the patient he should find a translator because its a patient life and life is bigger than money so the doctor should know what to do. so the strategic that should be use to prevent such is that next time they should find a translator without that the doctor should not say anything to the patient.
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3Â "What are some of the ways that the Foxy Brown character is subverting constructions of race and gender? "Subverting constructions" means challenging the ways women are supposed to act, or black women are supposed to act according to social norms and standards."
In this film, Foxy plays a strong woman who uses her brain, wit, brawn and beauty to quickly throw off the stereotype of a weak woman. I think what is especially powerful about her character is that she challenges the role of a "typical" black woman in that era by playing someone who takes down a drug ring while also saving women from a prostitution ring. This was a time when black women and men were caught up in that dangerous lifestyle, and pimps and prostitutes were often romanticized. An essential key to Foxy's existence in this film was their trope of portraying the pimps as villains, which was the first time that had happened, because in the black community they were seen as heroes. Until this film, women were portrayed as weak characters, there on the sidelines to assist the men as their assistants or romantic interests. Foxy came in and stomped on that stereotype, making calculated moves on her own, and using the system that was designed to oppress her as her own weapon to kick some butt.Â
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I think that the character of Foxy Brown is definitely definitely subverts constructions of the African-American race and of the female gender. At the beginning of the film it is viewed as she goes to pick up her brother and runs down two men in her car. We immediately get the impression and the sense that she is a tough black woman, something that was probably quite new to movie goers in the 1970s. Throughout the movie we also see that Foxy seems to be quite aware and also in control of her sexuality and how she can use it to her advantage. She constantly shows that she is fearless and tough, but in a way that still shows her as a glamorous, smart, empowering woman. I think that is something that man woman, especially black women could look up to after seeing this film. If anything, I would say that the only people that show stereotypes of black women in this film, is the man in the cabin when he says "did your old black mammy teach you to talk like that?". Otherwise this film definitely subverts so many stereotypes of black women in the 1970s in America, and to this day I would still say it is empowering and stands up as an important film for women and African-Americans.
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