ArticleGlobal advances in health and medicine2021
Interprofessional Communication-A Call for More Education to Ensure Cultural Competency in the Context of Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine.
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- Communication between Norwegian Pakistani patients and healthcare providers about traditional and complementary medicine: a qualitative study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
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- [Interprofessional education and collaborative practice: Strategies to transform a health system].Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia) · 2024Article
- The physician experience of patient to provider prejudice (PPtP).Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Use of traditional and complementary medicine by ethnic Indian women living with polycystic ovary syndrome: a global survey.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Article
- Non-pharmacological therapies for cancer patients in Portugal and Brazil: an experience report.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2023Article
- Interprofessional skills as a predictor of culturally congruent practice behaviors.Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare · 2022Article
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Abstract
Culturally appropriate communication between healthcare professionals and with patients is widely recognised as a cornerstone of high quality, patient-centred care. The widespread use of traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine (TCIM) necessitates that patient-centre communication and cultural competency in healthcare extends beyond race, ethnicity, and languages spoken to also include an awareness of, and respect for the diverse range of healthcare practices, paradigms, and lexicons that patients and practitioners use. Education can equip practitioners with the necessary communication skills and expand their knowledge about the therapies and practices that patients are accessing. In this viewpoint essay, we aim to 1) emphasise the importance of respectful, culturally competent interprofessional communication and collaboration that mutually supports patients' care needs; 2) note the impact of a political agenda that perpetuates medical hegemony and has discriminated against, and marginalised TCIM practitioners and the people who use these services; and 3) highlight the importance of educational initiatives that support inclusive, culturally competent, interprofessional communication and collaboration between conventional and TCIM healthcare practitioners.
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