MAS Symposium: “Shattering Culture” – Diversity in Health Care

Basel, 25 - 26 October 2012

Medical Anthropology Switzerland "In Swiss health care, concepts such as “cultural competence” or “(hyper)diversity” are upcoming issues. While so far mainly medical anthropologists addressed these issues, an increasing number of health professionals and institutions become involved in these concepts. This process is promoted by a growing diversity of both patients and health care providers, significant health disparities between the “immigrant” and “indigenous” populations and the corresponding national strategy “Migration and Health” by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health. Therefore, the presentations by the authors of the book “Shattering Culture – American Medicine Responds to Cultural Diversity” form a highly welcome input to stimulate reflections on the Swiss stance and to design future steps towards a “cultural (hyper)diversity” in health care." (pdf)

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