The Search for Justice: Developing a Collaborative Understanding of Health Justice in Physiotherapy

Dhir, Jasdeep; Blake, Tracy; Cleaver, Shaun; Smith-Turchyn, Jenna; Miller, Patricia A.; Smith, Meredith Y.; Han, Mari Udarbe; Gasparelli, Katie; Wojkowski, Sarah

doi:10.3138/ptc-74-3-gee

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“…While it is important to declare our own positionality, we are intent on addressing this topic with as balanced a view as possible. Adopting a social justice lens (8), we insist that one cannot be selective on issues of power and privilege. While we extol the myriad benefits of embracing African approaches to health care, we are certainly not blind to some of the stark contradictions that exist on the continent.…”

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confidence: 99%

Challenging power and unearned privilege in physiotherapy: lessons from Africa

Lurch,

Cobbing,

Chetty

et al. 2023

Front. Rehabil. Sci.

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Power and unearned privilege in the profession of physiotherapy (PT) reside in the white, Western, English-speaking world. Globally, rehabilitation curricula and practices are derived primarily from European epistemologies. African philosophies, thinkers, writers and ways of healing are not practiced widely in healthcare throughout the globe. In this invited perspectives paper, we discuss the philosophies of Ubuntu and Seriti, and describe how these ways of thinking, knowing, and being challenge Western biomedical approaches to healthcare. We believe implementing these philosophies in the West will assist patients in attaining the health outcomes they seek. Further we call for Western professionals and researchers to stand in solidarity with their African counterparts in order to move towards a diversity of practitioners and practices that help to ensure better outcomes for all.

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Section: Positioning Ourselvesmentioning

confidence: 99%