Atkin, Karl Michael orcid.org/0000-0003-1070-8670, Chattoo, Sangeeta orcid.org/0000-0002-7689-9716 and Crawshaw, Marilyn Ailsia orcid.org/0000-0002-2870-0506 (2014) Clinical encounters and culturally competent practice:the challenges of providing cancer and infertility care. Policy and Politics. pp. 581-596. ISSN 0305-5736
Abstract
This qualitative paper compares how practitioners respond to adults from two ethnic groupings (defined for analytical purposes as South Asian and White), whose fertility is threatened by cancer. Our findings suggest practitioners, in their struggle to offer culturally sensitive care, negotiate various competing ideas, reflecting wider cultural assumptions underpinning notions of ethnicity, gender, fertility and responsible parenthood within the context of premature death posed by a diagnosis of cancer. Wider social and political responses to minority ethnic groups often intersect with personal and professional judgements in influencing what practitioners regard as appropriate care. Our conclusion explores the need for a more pluralistic response to facilitating culturally competent care.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 Policy Press. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Policy and Politics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Health Sciences (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2014 15:00 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2025 00:16 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1332/030557312X655675 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1332/030557312X655675 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:75958 |