November 08, 2022

"All People Have Culture." An Interview with Dr. Puneet Sahota

39 minutes

Join Dr. Jennifer Reid as she interviews Puneet Sahota, M.D., PhD, a cultural anthropologist, psychiatrist, award-winning educator and the current director of research at the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA). They discuss the powerful effects of cultural thoughtfulness in health care and beyond. Learn the simple questions she asks to better connect with her patients.

We discuss:
*What is Cultural Anthropology?
*How does Dr. Sahota's background in psychiatry and anthropology provide a unique lens for patient care?
*How can health care providers shift their interviewing style to better support patients from all backgrounds and communities?

Dr. Puneet Sahota is a psychiatrist and the current medical director of consultation-liaison and emergency psychiatry at Cooper University Hospital in Camden New Jersey, where she was the recent recipient of the Physician of the Quarter.

She received her MD as well as her PhD in cultural anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis, with a dissertation examining the relationship between a Southwest American Indian tribe and biomedical/genetics research, including ethical, political, and cultural issues.
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