At the request of the family, an instructor makes an assignment change for a black male student who had been assigned to take care of a postpartum Muslim woman. What is the most likely reason that the request was made by the family?
a. Muslim culture does not allow black prac-titioners to care for women.
b. Muslim culture prefers that women health care providers care for Muslim women.
c. The husband will be present, and he will object.
d. After childbirth, all care must be per-formed by women.
B
The cultural aspects of a patient must be respected. Muslims prefer female care providers for women because of the extreme modesty of Muslim women.
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