Week 16: Final week

    For the final week, we concluded our final project and we are now finishing up each of our personal entries. I found it very informative to focus on a specific culture and use a variety of sources to see the variety of aspects of Western Samoan culture. 
    This class has aided me to reflect upon my current cultural understanding and has inspired me to do more research into aspects of international traditions. Each patient in my future care will have their own specific past and future, I am therefore responsible to do my part to educate myself on their preferences for care.

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