Class: Cultural Epidemiology
Academic Style: Chicago
Answer the following: A
ll of this week’s reading materials addressed the issues of culture, stigma, and ability to access care, whether due to a disease like TB or due to mental illness. Kohrt et al look at the relationship between a fatigue-related illness stemming from lifestyle imbalance under capitalism in Mongolia. Weiss, et al studies multi-cultural stigma around psychiatric illnesses. Knowing how these stigmas affect the average citizen, and keeps them from seeking care, how much more damaging are these same stigmas among the healthcare provider population? How can stigma reduction be aimed specifically at the healthcare professionals field so that those who care for all of us are in a better position to do so? The lifestyle imbalance discussed by Kohrt et al is already a well-documented issue among physicians in America. How might we pay attention to and offer support to healthcare professionals who have worked under the additional long-term stress of caring for people during the pandemic?
