Book contents
- Facing Death Across Cultures
- Facing Death Across Cultures
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to a Cultural Species
- Module 1 The Basic Psychological Components of Culture
- Module 2 Becoming Human
- Module 3 Acculturation
- Module 4 Multicultural Adaptation
- Module 5 Health and Well-Being
- Module 6 Disease and Healing
- Module 7 Diversity and the Conventional Medical World
- Module 8 Thinking about Death
- Module 9 Managing Mortality and Difficult Passages
- Module 10 Cultures Approach the End
- Module 11 Critical and End-of-Life Care
- Module 12 Culture, Passages, and Psychosocial Supports
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Module 7 - Diversity and the Conventional Medical World
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 February 2025
- Facing Death Across Cultures
- Facing Death Across Cultures
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to a Cultural Species
- Module 1 The Basic Psychological Components of Culture
- Module 2 Becoming Human
- Module 3 Acculturation
- Module 4 Multicultural Adaptation
- Module 5 Health and Well-Being
- Module 6 Disease and Healing
- Module 7 Diversity and the Conventional Medical World
- Module 8 Thinking about Death
- Module 9 Managing Mortality and Difficult Passages
- Module 10 Cultures Approach the End
- Module 11 Critical and End-of-Life Care
- Module 12 Culture, Passages, and Psychosocial Supports
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter addresses the effects of migration and resulting diversity in healthcare. Providers, patients, and clients in all phases arrive from a huge variety of cultures, bringing worldviews and biases with them. The discussion turns to the difficult topics of inequity and discrimination in healthcare around the world, which may stem from implicit bias and unintentional racism. Communication provides both problems and solutions, if we can appreciate and honor the viewpoints we encounter. We will always tend to believe what we already know, but if we can open our minds a bit, we can collaborate more effectively to create the best outcomes for everyone. The latter is described as culturally safe practice.
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- Facing Death Across CulturesHealth and Mortality in a Diverse World, pp. 115 - 149Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025