cultural Preservation
cultural preservation refers to assistive, supportive, facilitative or enabling nurse actions and decisions that help the client of a particular culture to retain and preserve traditional Lies, so they can maintain, promote, and restore health. For example, acupuncture, an ancient Chinese practice of inserting idles in specific points on the skin through which life energy พร, is used to relieve pain or cure disease by restoring balance ,of yin and yang (Spector, 2008). This practice is being accepted increasing numbers of Western practitioners as a legitimate treatment for many health problems. Thus, when Western practitioners integrate modalities, such as acupuncture, in the ท of care to maintain and protect the health of Asians who )scribe to the practice, they are providing care that is consistent with the clients' beliefs and values and helping to preserve their culture.