Journal article
Translating Cultural Safety to the UK
Journal of Medical Ethics
19/07/2021
PMID: 34282043
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Abstract
Disproportional morbidity and mortality experienced by ethnic minorities in the UK have been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement has exposed structural racism’s contribution to these health inequities. ‘Cultural Safety’, an antiracist, decolonising and educational innovation originating in New Zealand, has been adopted in Australia. Cultural Safety aims to dismantle barriers faced by colonised Indigenous peoples in mainstream healthcare by addressing systemic racism.This paper explores what it means to be ‘culturally safe’. The ways in which New Zealand and Australia are incorporating Cultural Safety into educating healthcare professionals and in day-to-day practice in medicine are highlighted. We consider the ‘nuts and bolts’ of translating Cultural Safety into the UK to reduce racism within healthcare. Listening to the voices of black, Asian and minority ethnic National Health Service (NHS) consumers, education in reflexivity, both personal and organisational within the NHS are key. By listening to Indigenous colonised peoples, the ex-Empire may find solutions to health inequity. A decolonising feedback loop is required; however, we should take care not to culturally appropriate this valuable reverse innovation.
Details
- Title
- Translating Cultural Safety to the UK
- Creators
- Liz (aka: Elizabeth) F Rix (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityAmali U Lokugamage - Department of Women's Health, Whittington Health NHS Trust, London, UKTania Fleming - School of Midwifery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New ZealandTanvi Khetan - University College London Medical School Alumni, University College London, London, UKAlice Meredith - University College London Medical School Alumni, University College London, London, UKCarolyn R Hastie - Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Faculty of Health, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
- Publication Details
- Journal of Medical Ethics
- Publisher
- B M J Group
- Identifiers
- 991012951000302368
- Academic Unit
- Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples; Nursing; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article