Culture, Communication & Ethics in Healthcare Deaf & Disability Studies Approaches
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Culture, Communication & Ethics in Healthcare Deaf & Disability Studies Approaches
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Ethical, empathic, and effective public health and healthcare involves good communication, reflection, and social and cultural knowledge and skills. This course provides a model for collaborative and culturally sensitive and skilled communication in healthcare and public health. Through the study of theories and methods, narratives, and literature, students will analyze disparities and discrimination in healthcare, with an emphasis on people who are deaf and disabled. Students will explore solutions through deaf studies, disability studies, and narrative approaches to ethics, public health, and healthcare. Guest speakers will include members of the Deaf community, disability studies scholars and advocates, sign language interpreters, and healthcare professionals. Community Educators will meet with students during the semester, as experts and educators.
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Syracuse, NY and digitally
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Culture, Communication & Ethics in Healthcare Deaf & Disability Studies Approaches