What is cultural health capital? Which populations are least likely to have cultural health capital? How does low cultural health capital affect doctor-patient relationships?

Healthcare providers and cultural health capital 

Choose one of topic for you initial post:

1. Until recently, doctors overwhelmingly were white, male, and middle- or upper-class. How has this affected medical dominance over other occupations? How has it affected the treatment of patients who are notwhite, male, or affluent? How might this be changing?
2. What is cultural health capital? Which populations are least likely to have cultural health capital? How does low cultural health capital affect doctor-patient relationships?

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