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Culture
Learning Objectives
- Introduction
- Classification of cultures
- Characteristics of culture
- Nature of culture
- Relation between culture and civilization
- Difference between culture and civilization
- Cultural diversity
- Components of culture
- Cultural growth
- Evolution of culture
- Need of culture in man
- Cultural variability
- Functions of culture
- Influence of culture on health and illnesses
- Role of nurses in cultural practices
1. INTRODUCTION
Culture is a basic concept in sociology and anthropology because it is what makes humans unique in the animal kingdom. Man is an animal with culture. Human social structure, from the simplest family to the most complex corporations, depends on culture for its existence. Societies cannot exist without cultures. ...
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