The bidirectional translation process is one method of determining the cultural meaning that a patient attaches to his symptoms. It involves
a. asking health care team members to express their interpretation of the meaning of the patient's symptoms.
b. obtaining validation from the patient on the accuracy of your restatement of his description of symptoms and the inferred meaning.
c. obtaining interpretations of the meaning of the patient's symptoms from the patient's primary nurse.
d. using a culturally sensitive interpreter who is fluent in health care terminology when speaking with the patient about his symptoms.
B
This process involves collecting the patient's symptom statements and analyzing them in the context of meanings and patterns of thought that are shared by other members of the patient's culture. Listen to the patient's symptoms, reflect on the meaning the patient seems to attach to the symptoms, restate the inferred meaning, and allow the patient time to determine if the reflected inferred-meaning statement accurately reflects the patient's own reality. Then restate and restructure the inferred meaning until the patient validates its accuracy. The bidirectional translation process does not involve what is stated in options "a," "c," or "d."
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