Clinical, Programmatic, and Policy Issues and their Implementation Culture and Language: Clinical, Programmatic, and Policy Issues and their Implementation Arthur Kleinman, Nov. 3, 2006
How Does Language Matter in the Clinic? Clinicians and patients do not share the same language Different native languages Clinical language Through language, two different local worlds can meet. Translation is not enough; interpretation of cultural and moral meaning is needed. Concrete images and metaphors The importance of acknowledgement of identity