title: The cultural divide between medical providers and their patients--aligning two world views.
abstract: Medical providers and patients, like all people, perceive and understand the world through cultural media, and often do not belong to the same culture. A medical/nonmedical biculturalism is needed to ensure that patients receive effective communication about their diseases, and sufficient education to respond to western medicine's ability to heal or ameliorate their illness.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Tirrell
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D003142:Communication; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D014175:Translating
keywords: Professional Patient Relationship