Anthropology in the Clinic: The Problem of Cultural Competency and How to Fix It

2006/10/18 by Arthur Kleinman, Peter Benson · 6 citations
Social Sciences · #Cultural Competency in Health Care #Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture #Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030294

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Abstract

seen as homogenous or static. Anthropologists emphasize that culture

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