Cultural Issues In Health Care

The problems that face many indigenous people in the American health care system are the same ones that minorities face such as language barriers, affordability, and distrust of the healthcare system as a whole due to the “haphazard and disrespectful treatment” they’ve received in the past (Spector., 2009., p. 225). The cultural disconnect between native peoples and the modern healthcare system is by and large a product of the centuries long ill treatment of natives by white people as even minor things such a tone can create a barrier between patient and provider and even note taking can be taboo (Spector., 2009., p. 226). Cultural conflict cause misunderstanding and can frustrate both the provider and the patient making care