This show provides actionable skills in cultural humility, culturally responsive care, and health equity so clinicians, leaders, and neighbors can serve every community better.
Hosted by family physician and healthcare leader Dr. Raj Sundar, each episode explores cultural humility, culturally responsive care, and health equity through the voices of patients, clinicians, and system designers who live the work every day.
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This show provides actionable skills in cultural humility, culturally responsive care, and health equity so clinicians, leaders, and neighbors can serve every community better.
Hosted by family physician and healthcare leader Dr. Raj Sundar, each episode explores cultural humility, culturally responsive care, and health equity through the voices of patients, clinicians, and system designers who live the work every day.
WHAT YOU’LL HEAR
Practical ways to deliver culturally competent & culturally responsive care, language-concordant, and trauma-informed care.
Strategies for tackling social determinants of health at both the clinic and policy levels.
Real stories showing how culture, history, and environment shape health outcomes—and how clinicians can respond.
Design ideas for health-care leaders building inclusive, patient-centered systems.
Community insights that help all of us become better neighbors and advocates.
WHO IT’S FOR
Frontline clinicians, public-health and hospital leaders, medical educators, and anyone curious about making cross-cultural care the norm.
WHEN
. Follow now to keep cultural humility—and culturally responsive care—at the center of your practice and healthcare system
74 I What If Your Patient's Faith Is Their Best "Medicine"? ft. Dr. Cat Delostrinos
Healthcare for Humans
40 minutes
3 months ago
74 I What If Your Patient's Faith Is Their Best "Medicine"? ft. Dr. Cat Delostrinos
Overview:
We explore the deeply personal and often overlooked connection between spirituality and health, especially within immigrant and refugee communities. Dr. Cat Delestrinos, a pediatrician and Filipino immigrant, shares moving stories from her own life and medical practice—particularly her son’s health journey—to illustrate how faith and spiritual practices can play a vital role in resilience, healing, and coping with fear. We discuss practical ways clinicians can better recognize and respect patients’ spiritual beliefs, how to open conversations about faith without imposing personal beliefs, and why understanding the spiritual dimension is critical for meaningful, holistic care.
Three Takeawayss:
1) Spirituality as a Source of Healing and Resilience in Immigrant Communities
Dr. Cat shares that for many immigrant and refugee families, spirituality isn’t just a private belief but a vital community resource and coping mechanism. She describes how, in Filipino culture (her own background), church and faith traditions are threads that bind individuals and groups—showing clinicians that understanding these can unlock strength and resilience in their patients’ healing journey
2) Personal Experience Shapes Clinical Practice
Dr. Cat’s story about her son Manny’s critical illness and the intertwining of faith with medical care is a clear reminder that clinicians’ personal experiences—especially moments of vulnerability and hope—shape how they show up for patients. Her deep dive into spirituality through praying and supporting her son reframed how she approaches medical practice and the importance she places on spiritual health
3) Missed Opportunities: Clinicians Rarely Ask About Faith
Despite spirituality often being crucial to patients, Dr. Cat realized no clinician or care team member ever brought up faith during her family’s medical ordeal unless she mentioned it herself. This points to a gap in holistic care and invites practitioners to consider what they might be overlooking by not asking about something so central to many people’s lives.
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Healthcare for Humans
This show provides actionable skills in cultural humility, culturally responsive care, and health equity so clinicians, leaders, and neighbors can serve every community better.
Hosted by family physician and healthcare leader Dr. Raj Sundar, each episode explores cultural humility, culturally responsive care, and health equity through the voices of patients, clinicians, and system designers who live the work every day.
WHAT YOU’LL HEAR
Practical ways to deliver culturally competent & culturally responsive care, language-concordant, and trauma-informed care.
Strategies for tackling social determinants of health at both the clinic and policy levels.
Real stories showing how culture, history, and environment shape health outcomes—and how clinicians can respond.
Design ideas for health-care leaders building inclusive, patient-centered systems.
Community insights that help all of us become better neighbors and advocates.
WHO IT’S FOR
Frontline clinicians, public-health and hospital leaders, medical educators, and anyone curious about making cross-cultural care the norm.
WHEN
. Follow now to keep cultural humility—and culturally responsive care—at the center of your practice and healthcare system
