ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2009
Approaches to diversity in family medicine: "I have always tried to be colour blind".
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore family physicians' perceptions of and experiences with patient diversity, including differences in sex, race, ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, and abilities or disabilities.
designSemistructured, in-depth, qualitative interviews. SETTING Halifax metropolitan region, Nova Scotia.
participantsTwenty-two family physicians who ranged in age (25 to 65 years) and in years of practice (< 5 to > 20). Participants included both sexes, members of racialized minority groups, and those who self-identified as gay, lesbian, or bisexual.
methodsPhysicians were recruited through information letters distributed by mail and through professional networks. Interviews and field notes were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and coded using data analysis software. Weekly team discussions enhanced interpretation and analysis. MAIN
findingsFamily physicians employed 5 main approaches to diversity: maintaining that differences do not matter, accommodating sociocultural differences, seeking to better understand differences, seeking to avoid discrimination, and challenging inequities. Quotes from interviews illustrate these themes.
conclusionMost approaches assume that both medicine (as a profession) and physicians are and should be socially and culturally neutral; some acknowledge that the sociocultural background of patients can raise tensions. Most participants in our study seek to treat patients as individuals in order to not stereotype, which hinders recognition of the ways in which sociocultural factors-both patients' and physicians'-influence health and health care. Critical reflexivity demands that physicians understand social relations of power and where they fit within those relations.
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