11. The Value of Inclusion in the Medical Profession: A Co-Production Perspective
- VernacularTitle:11. 医療者におけるインクルージョンの価値-共同創造 (Co-Production) の視点から
- Author:
Shin-ichiro KUMAGAYA
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- Keywords: social model of disabilities; health disparities; physician-patient concordance effect; diversity and inclusion
- From:Medical Education 2024;55(2):177-182
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: The movement for social diversity and inclusion has triggered a paradigm shift toward a social model of disability that aims to eliminate disadvantages for people with disabilities and achieve a just society through changes in the social environment rather than individual change. Under this new paradigm, medicine and medical science need to transform their physical, human, and cultural environments to be inclusive of users and colleagues with disabilities and other minority characteristics. In particular, it is essential to create an environment in which people with disabilities and other minorities can participate as colleagues in the medical profession to reduce health disparities among people with disabilities and to achieve medical care in which no one is left behind.
