Often individual needs are secondary to family needs.
Family is strong support system.
Patient autonomy and patient confidentiality are often culturally irrelevant. These classifications are instead defined by culture, tradition, and personal experiences over time. Latin American Prenatal Women avoid cutting their hair while pregnant. Asian Postpartum Mother and newborn should not have visitors who are in mourning, are widows, or have deceased children. African Prenatal Geophagia, or the ingestion of soil, chalk, or clay, is not uncommon during pregnancy.