When Dr. Brown goes to shake the hand of his new female patient, Amad, who identifies as Middle Eastern, Amad does not extend he
r hand back. Dr. Brown feels rebuffed, not realizing that Amad is Muslim and, according to Muslim beliefs, cannot be touched by a male outside of her family. Dr. Brown has just violated the cultural competence theory of:
Dr. Brown has violated the cultural competence theory of religion by forwarding shake hands with the female Muslim patient because in the religion of Muslims, the female Muslim is not allowed to shake hands with the male people outside his family but the doctor is not aware from this believes of Muslim and forward his hand to handshake with the Muslim woman and violated the cultural competence theory of religion.
