Read Chapters 4 and 5 in Fundamentals of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Ayonrinde article. Cassidy (2011) considers cultural relativity and cultural constructs to provide an overview of the potential interactions that can occur when patients seek health care. Ayonrinde discusses cultural sensitivity in therapeutic applications. Using the cultural criteria below, create a patient profile using at least four of these characteristics.

• Gender

• Age (18 to 35, 36 to 55, 56 to 70, 70+)

• Race

• Ethnicity

• Nation/place of origin

• Sexual orientation

• Religion