Cultural Safety
Robyn Williams
Objectives
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Critically examine the concept of cultural
safety
Objectives
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Reflect on the relevance of cultural safety to
your work practice
Objectives
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Analyse the issues pertinent to cultural
safety of health service delivery
Points to Consider
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As health professionals,
educators, researchers,
bureaucrats (whatever) we need to understand that
culture is a socially
constructed phenomenon
and there are all sorts of
implications for social
behaviour
Points to Consider

We also need to recognise that we need to
develop a sophisticated critique of culture
and cultural difference in order to practise
safely and effectively
What is culture?
 Reflect on aspects and examples of your
personal and professional identity that can be
linked with your cultural background and
experience
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What is cultural awareness?
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Does this differ from cultural sensitivity? If so
- how?
?

What is cultural safety and
why do we have to think
about it?

List points for and against
examining the issue of
cultural safety
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If you are working/studying with people who
behave in a culturally unsafe way - how do
you handle such a situation?
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From your experience, do
you have a sense that these
objectives have been
incorporated into the
education and training of
your particular profession?
Do you think they should
be?
 How
can you better incorporate these
elements into your current practice?