Cultural Competency and Diabetes. Challenges for the Physician-Patient Communication
Cultural Competency and Diabetes. Challenges for the Physician-Patient Communication

Summary/Abstract: Successful diabetes care depends on effective communication between health services providers and patients and their families. The health care provider’s cultural competency promotes or discourages the ability to manage and to live well with diabetes. Understanding the broader cultural context in which families are enmeshed can serve as important background data for conducting assessments and planning intervention strategies.This study intends to reveal the leading questions in physician-patient communication research. The paper uncovers the most important cultural competency principles applied to health literacy in order to improve diabetes control. We envisage, also, the relationship between intercultural elements and physician-patient communication. This paper aims at practitioners and management, serving as a starting point for deepening the understanding of cultural issues involved in the physician-patient communication diabetes care.This paper uncovers the implications of cultural issues involved in an effective communication between health services providers and patients and their families. The paper, based on cultural clusters, offers cultural competency abilities for practitioners and management in order to improve diabetes control.

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