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Running head: CULTURAL SAFETY IN HEALTH CARECultural safety in Health CareName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note

1CULTURAL SAFETY IN HEALTH CAREMind mapValues HonestyPersistenceKindnessRespectHonestyPersistenceKindnessRespectBehaviours Care and compassion for peopleContinue learning and seek oppurtunitiesAvoid discriminationDevelop ing cultural awarenessCare and compassion for peopleContinue learning and seek oppurtunitiesAvoid discriminationDevelop ing cultural awarenessBeliefs Non-judgemental attitudeBelieve in ethcal conductGender equality Respect people's culture, ethnicity, beliefs and dignityNon-judgemental attitudeBelieve in ethcal conductGender equality Respect people's culture, ethnicity, beliefs and dignity

2CULTURAL SAFETY IN HEALTH CAREPersonal reflectionIn health care sector cultural safety is the matter of great concern. This concept involvesthe empowerment of the patients and the health care practitioners. In Australia, cultural safetywas a response to the poor health outcomes of the Indigenous population. However, it currentlyencompasses a broad range of cultural determinants (Freeman et al., 2014). Health carepractitioners are responsible for providing culturally safe care. The importance of cultural safetyis placed on identifying the personal values and beliefs and evaluating the same. The importanceis also placed in recognising the potential for these values and beliefs to impact on others.Australia is the multicultural society, and there is an increasing concern related to racial andcultural inequalities owing to increase in immigration rate. Thus, cultural competencies or cross-cultural skills have become imperative over time in the complex health care setting (Jeffreys,2015).Cultural safety in the health care refers to the ability of the care professionals to deliverhealth services that meet the patient's cultural, linguistic and social needs. The objective of thisculturally competent care is to overcome the health care challenges posed by the increasingdiversity. Such care will reduce the disparities related to the race and ethnicity and improve thequality of care. It will eventually improve the health outcomes (Shen, 2015). In this essay, thepersonal values, beliefs, behaviour that may contribute or detract from being a culturally safepractioner is discussed.Reflection is an effective tool in determining one’s own cultural values and beliefs. It isthe first step to understand the objective of “cultural safety” education. It is not just reaching thestandardised level of cultural competence. Instead, it is the increase in the desire to enhance own

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