The large increase in cultural diversity in Australia’s nation, brings opportunities and challenges for allied health professionals and our health care system. In order to create a culturally competent service, we need to define our ability to our providers by effectively delivering health care services to meet all social, cultural and linguistic needs to our patients. This will ensure a culturally competent system which increases quality of care, by eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities.
Australia has lately become one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse nations in the world. Where more than two million people come from non-English speaking backgrounds and approximately 13.9 per cent of our population speak a language …show more content…
As a future health professional practicing in Speech and Language Pathology it is my duty to my patients to give equal opportunities and offer the best service I can. Upon graduating we are required to pledge our own code of ethics which are set out by Speech Pathology Australia. I believe that both sections 2.1 Beneficence and non-maleficence and 2.3 Fairness (Justice) (Ethics, 2017), demonstrate in writing how we are to treat and be fair to all patients and give equal benefits to all. We must treat others with great respect, fairness and dignity because we are all equal. Every person should have a chance to flourish, feel safe to grow and reflect in any healthcare setting. Unfortunately, this has proven to not be the case in a lot of Australia’s healthcare …show more content…
I will work effectively with people of various ethnicities, diverse cultures, different religions and dissimilar political or economic backgrounds. I’ll strive to be aware and respectful to others values, traditions, beliefs and customs, whilst still acknowledging and understanding that there is a wide range of differences within groups. I believe that cultural competence in conjunction with the common good and dignity of the human person reflects on having an open mind and heart and be willing to accept others views and/or opinions. Remembering that we all human and alike in certain ways and different in others. By showing self-awareness, where I illustrate understanding and appreciation of other cultures and by further educating myself, I hopefully will become the best practitioner I can be.
If we can accept that culture is embodied and central to how we understand concepts of others well-being, health and illness; will eventually lead to a better understanding and safe environment for all health care practitioners and their patients. We also need to be aware of our attempts to reify culture as it is unified and unchanging. Therefore, we need to think differently and beyond reductionist or essentialist models of culture as a static entity in shared cultural
Australia has lately become one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse nations in the world. Where more than two million people come from non-English speaking backgrounds and approximately 13.9 per cent of our population speak a language …show more content…
As a future health professional practicing in Speech and Language Pathology it is my duty to my patients to give equal opportunities and offer the best service I can. Upon graduating we are required to pledge our own code of ethics which are set out by Speech Pathology Australia. I believe that both sections 2.1 Beneficence and non-maleficence and 2.3 Fairness (Justice) (Ethics, 2017), demonstrate in writing how we are to treat and be fair to all patients and give equal benefits to all. We must treat others with great respect, fairness and dignity because we are all equal. Every person should have a chance to flourish, feel safe to grow and reflect in any healthcare setting. Unfortunately, this has proven to not be the case in a lot of Australia’s healthcare …show more content…
I will work effectively with people of various ethnicities, diverse cultures, different religions and dissimilar political or economic backgrounds. I’ll strive to be aware and respectful to others values, traditions, beliefs and customs, whilst still acknowledging and understanding that there is a wide range of differences within groups. I believe that cultural competence in conjunction with the common good and dignity of the human person reflects on having an open mind and heart and be willing to accept others views and/or opinions. Remembering that we all human and alike in certain ways and different in others. By showing self-awareness, where I illustrate understanding and appreciation of other cultures and by further educating myself, I hopefully will become the best practitioner I can be.
If we can accept that culture is embodied and central to how we understand concepts of others well-being, health and illness; will eventually lead to a better understanding and safe environment for all health care practitioners and their patients. We also need to be aware of our attempts to reify culture as it is unified and unchanging. Therefore, we need to think differently and beyond reductionist or essentialist models of culture as a static entity in shared cultural