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Title: Cultural Safety and Cultural Competence: What Does This Mean for Physiotherapists?
Author : New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy
Release Date : January 01, 2006
Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
Pages : * pages
Size : 222 KB

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ABSTRACT Legislation governing physiotherapy practice within Aotearoa/New Zealand requires physiotherapists to practise in a culturally safe manner, demonstrating cultural competence. Although physiotherapists are likely to be more familiar with the notion of cultural diversity and its implications for professional practice, the concepts of cultural safety and competence extend the debate from how people are described and understood, to how health professionals understand themselves and are deemed by the receivers of that care to be safe and culturally competent. The purpose of this paper is to highlight cultural issues for physiotherapists working in New Zealand, particularly those newly arrived in Aotearoa, who are expected to demonstrate cultural safety and cultural competence in clinical practice. The authors examine how New Zealand has evolved as a bicultural society, the emergence of cultural safety, its evolvement within health care practice, and influence on cultural competence. The Maori health perspective and the physiotherapy view of health are examined with particular reference to cultural safety and cultural competence. Finally, legal issues and clinical practicalities are outlined. It is hoped that the ideas presented will increase awareness of the importance of physiotherapy work that integrates both the strengths of physical based medicine and a socio-cultural perspective of health. Main C, McCallin A, Smith N (2006): Cultural safety and cultural competence: what does this mean for physiotherapists? New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy 34(3): 160-166.