DIVERSITY AND MEDICINE: A CONVERSATION IN THE LIGHT OF THE WORK "THE TRAVELING DOLL"

Abstract

Medicine is the field of knowledge based on the care and promotion of human health. And because of this, it dialogues with the existential universe of the being. In the beginning, medical practice focused only on the physical aspect of the patient in a vertical relationship. Many advances have occurred throughout the evolution of medical science, from the discovery of penicillin, modification of the concept of health, new technologies and currently the use of artificial intelligence in the doctor's daily life. All this change in scenario reveals benefits to those involved in the context of medicine. On the other hand, society has also changed, in addition to the scientific perspective, the patient presents other existential demands that dialogue with the universe of medicine. In view of the reality posed, the work proposes a conversation about the cultural and social diversity that are intertwined in the performance of the doctor. For this, the legal and ethical aspects will be analyzed as a reference in Kafka's The Traveling Doll to address diversity in the scope of medical education. The work will use a concrete case establishing the challenges encountered in the doctor-patient relationship in the face of the gap in medical education on diversity in health care. The question that is intended to be answered is: does medical education prepare physicians to deal with diversity in health care?