Finding a Culturally Aware Healthcare Professional: Tips for Black Americans
A culturally aware doctor recognizes how your culture, life experiences, and language may affect your healthcare needs.
Some people find it helpful to work with a doctor who looks similar to them or has similar life experiences. When that’s not possible, it’s valuable to work with a culturally aware healthcare professional. This may also be called culturally competent or culturally sensitive.
In this video, learn what it means to be a culturally aware doctor and how to find one, according to Karla Robinson, MD, Medical Editor at GoodRx Health, and Robert Robinson, III, MD, Internist in Charlotte, NC.
- Karla Robinson, MDKarla Robinson, MD is a medical editor for GoodRx and is a licensed, board-certified family physician. She received her medical degree from Rush Medical College and completed her training at Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago.
- Robert C. Robinson, III, MDRobert C. Robinson, III, MD is a board-certified, licensed internal medicine physician with almost two decades of experience and a focus in hospitalist medicine.
References
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Cultural competence in health and human services.
Georgetown University. (n.d.). Cultural competence in health care: is it important for people with chronic conditions?
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