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A Case of Culture
A nonfiction book about how patients from different cultures navigate the challenges of Western medicine with the help of cultural brokers.
Note from the editor

There are three major healing traditions in the world: Western biomedicine, supernatural healing, and holistic healing. In a country of ever-increasing diversity of cultures, languages, and traditions, what happens when these starkly different healing traditions clash with one another? In A Case of Culture, author Snigdha Nandipati delves into the unspoken challenges that immigrant patients face in seeking healthcare in the West, and explores how we can bridge these cultural divides in our healthcare system. The solution? Cultural brokers. In this book, readers will learn how cultural brokers advocate for their patients, enhance the patient-doctor relationship, and build cultural humility in the healthcare setting through personal stories, research studies, and interviews with industry experts. Readers will better understand how culture plays a role in the medical care that is provided and how cultural brokers work to fill the growing culture gap in healthcare. This book will speak to healthcare providers and immigrant families who hope to look at culture and healthcare in a new way.

Editors
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Snigdha Nandipati
I write about medicine, language, culture, faith, and philosophy.
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