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Academic Scholarship

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Paper

Presentation #1 Title

Against "Cultural Competence" in Health Care: Foregrounding Relations of Power Over Cultural Particularity

Presentation #1 Abstract or Summary

Cultural Competence has been a long-standing approach to dealing with diversity in health and medicine. This paper will challenge us to re-think that framework in light of diversity issues in Appalachia. Rather than aspiring to more competence about Appalachian "culture", the paper asks us to foreground relations of power in the study and practice of health and medicine in Appalachia.

At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #1

Rebecca Hester is Assistant Professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech.

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Against "Cultural Competence" in Health Care: Foregrounding Relations of Power Over Cultural Particularity

Cultural Competence has been a long-standing approach to dealing with diversity in health and medicine. This paper will challenge us to re-think that framework in light of diversity issues in Appalachia. Rather than aspiring to more competence about Appalachian "culture", the paper asks us to foreground relations of power in the study and practice of health and medicine in Appalachia.