THE PHYSICIAN'S COMMUNICATION WITH VULNERABLE GROUPS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF MULTICULTURALITY

"Prejudice always deform thoughts, feelings and opinions of men." - Mark Twain In a world where population is growing and the percentage of vulnerable groups is increasing, cultural sensitivity requires very special attention. It is not surprising that cultural factors play a very important role in the healing process, outlining the response to disease and treatment. From Hippocratic Oath to the Romanian legal texts, all argue for a conduit for patients regardless of culture, race, ethnicity, religion. The vulnerable groups are: minorities, people with disabilities, pregnant women, children, whose self-image, and whose hole life is affected, the more they are under the influence of a medical context. We are the richest when we have health, and we are entitled to it, all of us, regardless of where we come from and where we are headed. In this context, medical communication with vulnerable groups has its specificity, given both the professional ethics and the cultural traditions of those concerned.