Cultural diversity poster question

[cmonkey]

I have to choose a culture and do a poster on various topics. I chose a culture that performs procedures on young children that would be deemed illegal in the US and most Western countries. How detailed should I be in my presentation? Would you want to see images, or just read/hear descriptions of things that are, in our culture, abhorent?

I want to be careful with this. It is not my goal to demonize members of this culture, but it does happen and it is not uncommon to see the results in hospitals and clinics in our area. I also don't want to go for shock value, but since my classmates could well deal with one of these patients, I also want them to fully understand what they might see, and how it happened.

How can I do this in a sensitive, nonjudgemental way, given my rage at its continued practice?

[OB-nurse2013, BSN, RN]

Wow thats a hard call to make...one culture class I had talked about something similiar and a student from that culture actually said that she felt it would be better to see a real picture so if the student is to treat someone that has had the procedure they wouldn't be shocked and this would make the patient much more comfortable.. I would personally ask my professor what their opinion is and go from there since your concerns are very sensible.

[coast2coast]

You could put little flaps over graphic pictures so that they wouldn't catch anybody off-guard. I think it's a good idea to have them as part of the presentation, just include a warning if they are upsetting.