Cultural Humility: Why It’s a Healthcare Best Practice
If you read this blog on a regular basis, you’ve heard of cultural competency – being able to work knowledgeably and respectfully with people across different cultures. To many healthcare professionals, it seems logical that learning about a culture will help them build closer patient relationships and make smarter care decisions. And there’s no […]
Culturally Incompetent: 7 Red Flags in Patient Visits
Culturally competent care: it’s a touchstone here at Tribal Health and (hopefully) any facility that serves Indigenous patients. But while there’s intense focus on the practices that support culturally intelligent care, somehow we rarely talk about the inverse. What exactly does cultural incompetence look like? Consider the warning signs patients might detect in a provider […]