Culture in Medicine
An Argument Against Competence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23449487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca J Hester (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-18 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Edinburgh Companion to the Critical Medical Humanities (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474400046.003.0031 |
| OpenAlex | W2791488370 |
| ISBN | 9781474400046 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
For the last few decades cultural competence has been celebrated as the curricular response to a variety of political and social challenges in healthcare. These challenges include the persistence of race- and ethnicity-based health disparities, breakdowns in communication between the patient and provider, and issues of cultural difference around delivery and acceptance of healthcare. Commonly defined as ‘a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency or among professionals and enable that system, agency or those professions to work effectively in cross-cultural situations’, cultural competence is meant to engender increased sensitivity, humility and awareness with regard to cultural diversity in the clinical context.
Competence (human resources) · Cultural competence · Cultural diversity · Cultural humility · Ethnic group · Health care · Humility · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Global Health Workforce Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |