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Disability Cultural Competence for All as a Model

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS (2021)

Physicians' Perceptions Of People With Disability And Their Health Care

Lisa I. Iezzoni et al.

Summary: Over 61 million Americans have disabilities and face healthcare disparities. A survey of 714 US physicians showed that many had biases against people with significant disabilities, impacting the quality of care provided. The findings raise concerns about ensuring equitable care for people with disabilities even decades after the ADA was enacted.

HEALTH AFFAIRS (2021)

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Article Ethics

Health Disparities, Systemic Racism, and Failures of Cultural Competence

Jeffrey T. Berger et al.

Summary: Health disparities are primarily driven by structural inequality and systemic racism, yet medical educators tend to overlook these core drivers. Instead, they adopt a culture-based agenda through cultural competence, which is ethnocentric and based on flawed assumptions. This paper highlights the need for a reframed approach to addressing health disparities in medical education.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS (2021)

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