Health Science Fundamentals 2nd Edition by Shirley Badasch,Doreen Chesebro

Exercise 5

Your co-worker is gentle and caring, but he has a loud voice and waves his hands around when he talks. You observe that some of your Cambodian patients seem to be afraid of him and tend to back away or avoid being around him. Explain why the Cambodian patients might respond to your co-worker in this way. What could you do to help your co-worker communicate his gentle, caring nature to the Cambodian patients?