title: [Towards a theoretical framework for rethinking cultural accessibility].
abstract: Health services accessibility is a key health policy issue. However, few in-depth studies have addressed it theoretically. Most distinguish between availability, accessibility, and acceptability, or between geographic, financial, administrative, and cultural accessibility. We discuss and analyze the concept of accessibility as conflictive articulation between supply and demand in health. The article addresses the importance of cultural accessibility, rethinking it as a social interface, i.e., a social arena with clashing worldviews (namely, those of physicians and patients). The approach sheds light on the complex processes of grasping, translating, and reshaping knowledge and recommendations within such interaction.
authors.affiliation: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas , Buenos Aires , Argentina .
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Landini
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Facultad de Psicología , Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina .
authors.forename: Valeria González
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Cowes
authors.affiliation: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas , Buenos Aires , Argentina .
authors.forename: Eliana
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: D'Amore
mesh_terms: D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans