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Observations from a British nurse

A wheelchair sign with the head of the passenger missing “It’s amazing that patients accept treatment from people who don’t speak their language. We would never accept that in the UK”

“Saudi Arabia is a high context culture in contrast to the UK which is a low context culture…”

“…here the context of a situation is part of the communication…”

“…people here see, more than they hear’

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