Section: Module 10: Lesson 1: Problematics of Otherness | Humanism in Health and Healthcare | NextGenU.org
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Learning Objectives:
- Identify the notion of otherness/othering and how it manifests in the health care setting.
- Describe the dilemma of otherness with respect to attempts to address social inequalities and analyze whether it is possible to engage inequality without contributing to the othering of marginalized groups.
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Read the short introductory essay from the Bioethics Centre, which describes the ethics of otherness and potential dilemmas that result from even well-intentioned efforts to help marginalized groups.
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Read the essay "The Face of James," by Jason Adam Wasserman, which describes a man who was a participant in Wasserman and Clair's (2010) ethnographic research on homelessness. Think about how not only those who were openly judgmental of homeless persons in the city, but also those attempting to help them, and even the researchers themselves, all saw James through particular, othering lenses. As you read the end, which describes an "ethics of difference" think about what that might mean for how we engage patients in clinical practice.
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Read the conceptual review article on othering by Roberts and Schiavenato, which elucidates how practices of othering occur within patient care.
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- Identify the notion of otherness/othering and how it manifests in the health care setting.