There’s a difference between identifying someone’s needs, and regarding the person as being deficient. In this episode, you’ll learn about how common deficit models are in health care some of the damage they can do two things you can do to turn away from a deficit perspective. Do you know what a deficit perspective is? […]
Patient Centered
Episode 158 Dr. Raj Sundar on considering cultural context during patient communication, Part 1
Physician and podcast host Dr. Raj Sundar talks with me about his efforts to improve his practice by considering cultural context during patient communication. Today’s episode is about communicating across cultural difference. I get to sit down with family physician Dr. Raj Sundar who has a special interest in getting better at communicating with patients […]
Episode 156 How to reduce cultural bias in medical metaphors
Metaphors and analogies are powerful language tools. But they’re often culturally specific. Here’s one way to think about your metaphors–and some topics to avoid. Metaphors and analogies are powerful language tools. They’re important to the way we speak and think. And medical and public health professionals use them all the time. So what’s the problem? […]
Episode 155 Dr. Doron Dorfman on “Fear of the disability con”
For Disability Pride Month, I talk with disability law Professor Doron Dorfman about the phenomenon “fear of the disability con.” EPISODE TRANSCRIPT It’s Disability Pride Month. Today I talk with professor Doron Dorfman who specializes in disability law. Dr. Dorfman tells me about the widspread fear that disabled people are “faking it,” the impact of […]
The Joint Commission health equity National Patient Safety Goal takes effect
The emphasis is on action, with plenty of accountability. Here’s a tool to execute against your health equity strategic plan.
Announcing our new course: Equitable Patient Education
Effective patient education improves health outcomes. Six decades of research proves patient education’s effectiveness on patients’ physical, psychological and physiological outcomes [1,2,3]. Patient education is also cost-effective [4]. For every dollar invested in patient education, 3-4 dollars are saved [5]. Patient education also has the potential to impact health equity. As an essential component of […]