A case of culture : how cultural brokers bridge divides in healthcare / Snigdha Nandipati.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nandipati, Snigdha, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health attitudes.

Humanism.

Medical students--Training of.

Medical students.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

La Vergne : New Degree Press, 2022.

[Place of publication not identified] : New Degree Press, [2021]

Summary:

There are three major healing traditions in the world: Western biomedicine, supernatural healing, and holistic healing. In a world of increasingly blended cultures, languages, and traditions, what happens when these contrasting healing practices clash? In A Case of Culture, author Snigdha Nandipati delves into the unspoken challenges that immigrant patients face when seeking healthcare in the West, exploring how we can bridge these cultural divides in our healthcare system. The solution? Cultural brokers. In this book, readers will learn how cultural brokers advocate for their patients, enhance the patient-doctor relationship, and build cultural humility in the healthcare setting through stories such as: the hospitalist who revived her unconscious elderly Indian patient by calling her "Aunty" the Latino Evangelical priest who used his sermon to encourage worshippers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 the psychiatrist who gained the trust of his Telugu patient with the skillful balance of spirituality and medicine Readers will better understand how culture plays a role in the medical care that is provided and how cultural brokers work to fill the growing culture gap in healthcare. This book will speak to healthcare providers and immigrant families alike - those who hope to look at culture and healthcare with fresh eyes.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Well Frog

Chapter 2. A Shore of Familiarity

Chapter 3. The Chameleon Effect

Chapter 4. Keeping Secrets and Breaking Trust

Chapter 5. The Saffron Goddess

Chapter 6. First Impressions

Chapter 7. The Art of Teaching

Chapter 8. The Constant of Change

Chapter 9. Balancing Act

Chapter 10. Crossing Circles

Acknowledgments

Appendix.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-63730-952-X