Culture, language and health communication

Synchronous Activities:

Live meeting of class

Asynchronous Activities:

Read:

  1. Miner, H. (1956). Body Ritual among the Nacirema. American Anthropologist, 58(3), 503–507. doi:10.1525/aa.1956.58.3.02a00080
  2. Kleinman A, Benson P (2006) Anthropology in the Clinic: The Problem of Cultural Competency and How to Fix It. PLOS Medicine 3(10): e294. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030294
  3. Diamond L. et al. (2020). Providing equitable care to patients with limited dominant language proficiency amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Patient Education and Counseling 103: 1451-52.
  4. Espinoza J & Derrington S. (2021). How should clinicians respond to language barriers that exacerbate health inequality? AMA Journal of Ethics 2021;23(2):E109-116. doi:10.1001/amajethics.2021.109.
  5. Schouten B et al. (2020). Mitigating language and cultural barriers in healthcare communication.Off-campus login required. Patient Education and Counseling 103 (12): 2604-2608. doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2020.05.001

Assignments (due online)

  1. Respond to the DB questions under DB 6, Culture, language, and health communication.
  2. Respond to at least one other student’s post.