An elderly Japanese client refuses the care provided by a Korean-born nurse. The outcome of this nurse–client assignment could be attributed to which cultural concept?
A) Ethnicity
B) Race
C) Generalization
D) Gender
A
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Although both nurse and client are from the Asian race, they do not share a kinship or originate from the same country. Trending of culture through generalization does not apply, and the gender of the client is not explicit.
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