Challenging power and unearned privilege in physiotherapy: lessons from Africa.
Africa
decoloniality
physiotherapy
power
social justice
Journal
Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences
ISSN: 2673-6861
Titre abrégé: Front Rehabil Sci
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 9918227358906676
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
27
02
2023
accepted:
06
06
2023
medline:
31
7
2023
pubmed:
31
7
2023
entrez:
31
7
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37521329
doi: 10.3389/fresc.2023.1175531
pmc: PMC10381923
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1175531Informations de copyright
© 2023 Lurch, Cobbing, Chetty and Maddocks.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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