The Institut Chiari & Siringomielia& Escoliosis de Barcelona (ICSEB) works with patients from all over the
world. Since its foundation, a team of international patient care was built in
order to support our medical team in communicating with patients of any language
or nationality.
With the developments in the last 50
years in the field of Medical Anthropology, a sub-field of Cultural and Social Anthropology,
a theory has been developed at international level. This theory deals with the
social processes and the cultural representations of health, illness and healthcare
or assistance practices related to it.
Thanks to this, we know how
important the attention to these aspects is, especially in the healthcare sector,
as well as the presence of a professional figure to mediate between the
physician and the patient from a different culture in the work ambit.