Reducing Risk - Cultural Safety: The HDC’s approach to allegations of racism
The Medical Protection New Zealand podcastShow Notes
Cultural safety is an essential part of care.
Complaints about poor attention to the cultural needs of our patients seem to be increasing.
When patients come into the hospital or clinic there are ways we can help to ensure that the care we provide, even in the acute situation, provides for each patient’s cultural needs.
This podcast explores learnings from several HDC cases and provides you with practical tips to help prevent complaint.
More from The Medical Protection New Zealand podcast
Dr Garry Clearwater is the Chief Medical Advisor to the Coroner. He is also an ED Consultant, Cremation Referee and previous GP.
Unexpected death in the community: What’s so urgent about a death cert at 2am?
In this HDC case, a patient is admitted to ED with abdominal pain.
Our work life spans many decades. How do we sustain a long career?
You are on call and a patient comes in afterhours for anti-thrombolysis following a stroke. There is confusion about the availability of alteplase in the hospital and you’ve never prescribed this before, in fact is there even a protocol? Where do you start?