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When entering a hospital for care, a patient's experience has a lot to do with how they are perceived by the institution and its staff. Immigrants, refugees and other minorities often report being treated differently inside the hospital, and this sense of alienation can discourage individuals from seeking care. In this episode of ABCs podcast, The Philosopher's Zone, Supriya Subramani, a lecturer in healthcare ethics at the University of Sydney, talks about her research on hospitals, and how care is often shaped by patient categorization rather than the needs of the individual patient.

Health care ethics: otherness and belonging - ABC listen

Health care ethics: otherness and belonging - ABC listen

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