Official language:
Spanish

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• Family oriented
• Men in are responsible for the decision making role; women generally submissive, expected to care for elderly and sick.
  
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• Catholic
• Do not tell patient of terminal illness unless asked to by family
• Family will want to stay close until death
• Autopsies not common or desired
  
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• Illness caused or worsened by stress or bad news.
• Could also be caused by evil spells or voodoo
• Overweight and rosy cheeks typically synonymous with health
  Screenings acceptable to most
• First seek care from Western medicine; prayer and religious assistance
• used concurrently
• As last resort Cubans may seek assistance from a Santero priest; spells, magic and animal sacrifices common in this practice.
  
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• During illness important to eat fresh foods, broths.
• Rice and beans common with lunch and dinner
• Most foods fried; meat important with all meals
• Desayuno (breakfast) is usually light and accompanied by a cup of coffee.
• Cena (supper) being the most important meal, usually eaten by the family together in the evening.
  
  
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• It's the Caribbean's largest and least commercialized island and one of the world's last communist countries.
• Havana is also called the Bastion City of the West Indies and the Key to the New World.
  
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