Views of Disability from
a Cultural Perspective
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Microsystem:
Family level
(Outsider’s Perspective and
Insider’s Perspective)
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Attitudes/beliefs
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understanding of disability
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degree of acceptability
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perceived cause of disability
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attitude towards healthcare
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western view--scientific orientation
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cross-cultural view--role of fate,
responsibility of individual or
individual’s family
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beliefs about change
•
fatalism
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individualism
