Perspectives on health and cultural pluralism: ethics in medical education.
To be responsive to the needs of today's pluralistic society, physicians require an understanding of the essential link between culture, power and ethical practice. Using a case example, the authors argue that medical educators need to: (a) critically consider how the educative process joins medical knowledge and power; (b) develop pedagogy that can bring questions of power, culture and ethics to the forefront during the process of medical knowledge construction; and (c) create an opportunity for students to learn how to work collaboratively with diverse cultures and values.
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Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, Department of History, University of Victoria, BC. csrs@uvic.ca
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