Steps toward resolving cultural conflict in a pediatric hospital.
A serious and potentially life-threatening disease in a young child was identified and resolved through medical intervention. However, in the course of hospitalization, a conflict arose between the mother and the health care providers that required legal constraints on the mother. A retrospective account of this conflict between Western health care providers and a family from a Caribbean culture lends itself to an examination of the role of cultural considerations in pediatric hospital care. Suggestions for resolving cultural conflict in clinical practice are discussed.
D001531:Belize / Q000208:ethnology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D011368:Professional-Family Relations