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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: The Challenges of Cultural Competence

Anne Fadiman
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The article was published on 2008-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 74 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cultural competence.

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Relieving pain in america: a blueprint for transforming prevention, care, education, and research

TL;DR: The National Academy of Sciences through its Institute of Medicine (IOM) has produced a major scholarly assessment of pain in America as mentioned in this paper, which is a tremendous contribution to the evolving nec...
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Exploring the Research

TL;DR: The idea that parents and school professionals should work together to improve the education of children has a great deal of history and can be thought of as a broad topic that applies to both general and special education as mentioned in this paper.
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Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Therapy

TL;DR: Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice as mentioned in this paper is a framework for therapists to better recognize and understand cultural influences as a multidimensional combination of Age, Developmental and acquired disabilities, Religion, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic status, Sexual orientation, Indigenous heritage, Native origin, and Gender.
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Globalization, migration health, and educational preparation for transnational medical encounters

TL;DR: The value of transnational competence education as preparation for ethnically and socially discordant clinical encounters is explored, and the relevance of TC's five core skill domains for migration health and the medical-school curriculum is elaborated.
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Relieving pain in america: a blueprint for transforming prevention, care, education, and research

TL;DR: The National Academy of Sciences through its Institute of Medicine (IOM) has produced a major scholarly assessment of pain in America as mentioned in this paper, which is a tremendous contribution to the evolving nec...
Book ChapterDOI

Exploring the Research

TL;DR: The idea that parents and school professionals should work together to improve the education of children has a great deal of history and can be thought of as a broad topic that applies to both general and special education as mentioned in this paper.
Book

Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Therapy

TL;DR: Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice as mentioned in this paper is a framework for therapists to better recognize and understand cultural influences as a multidimensional combination of Age, Developmental and acquired disabilities, Religion, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic status, Sexual orientation, Indigenous heritage, Native origin, and Gender.
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Improving patient–provider communication: insights from interpreters

Patricia Hudelson
- 01 Jun 2005 - 
TL;DR: Professional medical interpreters' experiences and perspectives regarding patient-provider communication difficulties are explored, and bilingual and bicultural position allows for the identification of communication barriers that may be difficult for physicians to recognize.