Reviews for Clinical Thinking: Evidence, Communication and Decision-Making

The average rating for Clinical Thinking: Evidence, Communication and Decision-Making based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-05-27 00:00:00 Jacqueline Harrison Very detailed analysis of how culture and bias work in the medical field, the only issue is how outdated the language is surrounding many Indigenous peoples like the Innu. This book had me facing my own cultural bias and recognizing the way in which my cultural gaze would affect my ability to interact with others and assess their needs. Overall a lot of detail and thought was given to explaining the way in which specific cultural norms work to give care practitioners assumptions that could be avoided with better cultural understanding.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-05-11 00:00:00 Toni Fox-corwin How English became the Global language ? Crystal argues it's the power no more. The powerful technologies, culture, economy, alongside the British empire in the past, are the key factors of English to dominate the world . The problem with Crystal is that he describes the English language phenomenon regardless of its dangerous consequences on the other languages in terms of the linguistic identity and multilingualism. Moreover, those who argue for the linguistic imperialism position are'naive' and 'ideals, in which they don't realize the new role of English which has nothing to do with the present politics any longer, he argues. Among those who argue against the unethical role English has been playing is Robert Phillipson in his book Linguistic Imperialism 1992. To better understand the other half of the truth it is good to read Phillipson's position.