Abstract

Described in this paper is a clinical anthropology therapy facilitator role developed on an acute care psychiatry ward of a teaching hospital in Hawaii serving a multiethnic population. The role was developed to provide student clinicians an opportunity to enhance their psychosociocultural evaluation and communication skills on the ward by working with a clinical anthropologist on a case-by-case basis. Discussed is the concept of therapy facilitation, role development, student-staff evaluation of the role, and the types of problems and dilemmas faced by an anthropologist assuming this role.

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