Cultural competence and evidence-based practice in mental health: Epistemic communities and the politics of pluralism

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 249-256

  Kirmayer, Laurence J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural adaptation; Cultural competence; Epistemology; Evidence based practice; Multiculturalism; Pluralism

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICULTURALISM;

BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DRUG INDUSTRY; EPISTEMOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLITICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CULTURAL COMPETENCY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84861338349     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.018     Document Type: Review

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