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Culturally sensitive approaches to health and social careUniformity and diversity in the Chinese community in the UKDepartment of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong, 13/F, K K Leung Building, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, rubychau{at}hku.hk
Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University, Renfrew Rd, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong English With the focus on how Chinese older people in the UK use health and social care services, this article demonstrates how these services’ sensitivity is undermined by mistaken assumptions about whether ethnic-minority groups organize health and care according to their cultural principles, and the unity of these principles. French Centré sur la façon dont les Chinois âgés utilisent les services de santé et d’accompagnement social en Grande Bretagne, cet article démontre comment la perception de ces services est biaisée par des représentations erronées selon lesquelles les groupes des minorités ethniques organisent la santé et l’accompagnement social selon leurs principes culturels et en vertu de l’unité de ces principes. Spanish Este artículo se centra en cómo las personas chinas de tercera edad usan los servicios sociales y de salud en Gran Bretaña. Hay suposiciones erróneas acerca de la unidad de principios culturales, y acerca de cómo los grupos étnicos organ izan el cuidado social y el cuidado de la salud. Estas suposiciones debilitan la sensibilidad cultural hacia estos grupos.
Key Words: Chinese people in the UK • cultural heterogeneity • cultural sensitivity • user involvement
International Social Work, Vol. 52, No. 6,
773-784 (2009) |
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