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Confronting "Culture" in Medicine's "Culture of no Culture"

2003

Taylor, J.S.

Academic Medicine

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In this article, the author reflects on the institutional culture of medicine and medical education, which tends to ignore 'culture' as applied to patients. Despite cultural competence being incorporated into medical school curricula, emphasis is placed on developing "real" competence. The author argues that to change this situation will require challenging the tendency that 'real' and 'culture' are mutually exclusive terms.

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Confronting "Culture" in Medicine's "Culture of no Culture".

Taylor, J.S. (2003). Confronting “culture” in medicine’s “culture of no culture.” Academic Medicine, 78(6), 555-59. 

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