Cultural Competence in Healthcare and Healthcare Education

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Public health and preventive medicine; access to healthcare; advocacy; anthropology; black populations; communication; competence prioritisation; critical incident; cultural asymmetries; cultural competence; curriculum; curriculum development; decolonization; Delphi study; disciplinary knowledge; diversity; diversity and inclusion; diversity competence; dominant language; educational and health outcomes; equality; further education; global health; health equity; health inequalities; health policy; health professionals; health professionals' perceptions; healthcare education; healthcare leadership; hidden curriculum; hospitals; human rights; interpreters; leadership; leadership development; medical education; medical training; migrant health; migration; minoritized; minority health; n/a; neglected diseases; NHS; participatory research; patient's mother tongue; primary health care; psychology; public health; qualitative research; social production; sociology; structural competency; training objectives; voluntary termination of pregnancy
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• ISBN: 9783036561011; 9783036561028; books978-3-0365-6102-8
• Access: Open Access

Cultural competence has been acknowledged as an important set of skills and mindset for working effectively with diverse patients and for reducing social disparities in healthcare. In this Special Issue cultural competence was approached as an umbrella term and submissions relating to the whole spectrum of the concept were invited. Nine papers are published, 7 of which are research articles, 1 is a concept paper and 1 is a review, from authors from Spain, the UK, Germany, Denmark, Cyprus, France, Portugal, and Brazil. These 9 articles discuss a variety of concepts and aspects of cultural competence, such as cultural communication, cultural humility, diversity competence, and structural competence, and highlight the importance of cultural competence in healthcare and healthcare education, while opening new directions in research and policy making.