TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural Genogram
T2 - A Tool for Teaching and Practice
AU - Shellenberger, Sylvia
AU - Dent, M. Marie
AU - Davis-Smith, Monique
AU - Seale, J. Paul
AU - Weintraut, Roberta
AU - Wright, Tamara
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - Cultural issues affect patients', families', and providers' perspectives on health, illness, and disease, thus a provider's sensitivity and awareness to cultural issues can influence the quality and outcome of the patient and family encounter. As the population of the United States becomes more culturally diverse, health care professionals render care to patients whose cultural beliefs, values, attitudes, and health practices differ from their own. The cultural genogram is used as an educational tool to teach health care professionals a structured way to address patients' and families' cultural beliefs and practices. This article describes instructional activities for undergraduates, graduates, and faculty; presents a case example and personal reflections of a resident in family medicine; describes practical issues for the clinician; and proposes implications for evaluation and research.
AB - Cultural issues affect patients', families', and providers' perspectives on health, illness, and disease, thus a provider's sensitivity and awareness to cultural issues can influence the quality and outcome of the patient and family encounter. As the population of the United States becomes more culturally diverse, health care professionals render care to patients whose cultural beliefs, values, attitudes, and health practices differ from their own. The cultural genogram is used as an educational tool to teach health care professionals a structured way to address patients' and families' cultural beliefs and practices. This article describes instructional activities for undergraduates, graduates, and faculty; presents a case example and personal reflections of a resident in family medicine; describes practical issues for the clinician; and proposes implications for evaluation and research.
KW - cultural diversity
KW - cultural genogram
KW - genogram
KW - medical education
KW - primary health care
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U2 - 10.1037/1091-7527.25.4.367
DO - 10.1037/1091-7527.25.4.367
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38649113281
VL - 25
SP - 367
EP - 381
JO - Families, Systems and Health
JF - Families, Systems and Health
SN - 1091-7527
IS - 4
ER -