Kirsten Persson, Felicitas Selter, Peter Kunzmann, Gerald Neitzke
Killing Kira, Letting Tom Go?-An Empirical Study on Intuitions Regarding End-of-Life Decisions in Companion Animals and Humans
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
indigenous peoples canada bear disproportionate burden disease experience poorer health outcomes compared nonindigenous populations within canada conditions said mediated exacerbated pervasive uninterrupted antiindigenous racism third fourthyear medical students canadian medical school asked reflect experiences working indigenous patients clinical settings preclinical indigenous health curriculum impacted experiences phenomenology used guided goffmans theory social stigma eleven undergraduate medical students recruited using purposeful sampling semistructured phone interviews conducted gain indepth understanding participants experiences interviews recorded transcribed verbatim data analyzed using four main processes phenomenological analysis four main themes emerged students descriptions clinical experiences involving indigenous patients 1 students describe indigenous patients encounter health care system lack cultural sensitivity context 2 racism evident students clinical interactions indigenous patients students always perceive biases impact patient care 3 identifying impact racism care complicated situational clinical encounters 4 practicality preclinical indigenous health education desired students prepare working indigenous patients clinical setting clinical experiences students witness racism indigenous peoples yet unprepared stand findings highlight importance enhancing undergraduate medical training allow students better understand unique experiences perspectives indigenous patients results support need ongoing indigenous health education foster culturally sensitive experiences learning indigenous patients