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Forced Sterilization Of Individuals With Developmental Disabilities: Protection Or Dehumanization?, Kelly J. Schaffter
Forced Sterilization Of Individuals With Developmental Disabilities: Protection Or Dehumanization?, Kelly J. Schaffter
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
The civil rights of individuals with development disabilities have been a great challenge to protect throughout the United States’ history. The United States has not held the protection of this population’s civil rights with proper priority. The country’s actions towards the population of individuals with development disabilities carried into the 20th century, when individuals with mental disabilities were involuntarily sterilized in the name of eugenics. Currently, the goal of the sterilization of this population is for their protection, yet forced sterilization continues to be a questionable practice in regards to ethics. In this paper, I will claim that the forced …
American College Of Clinical Pharmacy White Paper: Cultural Competency In Health Care And Its Implications For Pharmacy Part 3a: Emphasis On Pharmacy Education, Curriculums, And Future Directions, Mary Beth O'Connell, Magaly Rodriguez De Bittner, Therese Poirier, Lamis R. Karaoui, Margarita Echeverri, Aleda M.H. Chen, Shin-Yu Lee, Deepti Vyas, Christine K. O’Neil, Anita N. Jackson
American College Of Clinical Pharmacy White Paper: Cultural Competency In Health Care And Its Implications For Pharmacy Part 3a: Emphasis On Pharmacy Education, Curriculums, And Future Directions, Mary Beth O'Connell, Magaly Rodriguez De Bittner, Therese Poirier, Lamis R. Karaoui, Margarita Echeverri, Aleda M.H. Chen, Shin-Yu Lee, Deepti Vyas, Christine K. O’Neil, Anita N. Jackson
Pharmacy Practice Faculty Publications
Culture influences patients' beliefs and behaviors toward health and illness. As the U.S. population becomes more diverse, a critical need exists for pharmacy education to incorporate patient-centered culturally sensitive health care knowledge and skills into the curriculum. Nursing was the first profession to incorporate this type of learning and training into its curriculums, followed by medicine. Pharmacy has also made great progress to revise curriculums, but inconsistency exists in depth, breadth, and methods across pharmacy colleges. This article addresses important aspects of pharmacy education such as curriculum development, incorporation of educational innovations and techniques into the teaching of patient-centered culturally …