Abstract
In this chapter introduces and proposes the notion of creating a healthcare system without walls to build a transcendent culture of healing. Its dialogue is intended to encourage a shift of currently held beliefs around what a healthcare system is, toward what it could be through the concept of building a system of care without walls. To build a healthcare system without walls, current structural obstacles and gaps including their impacts are discussed, and new ways to overcome and dismantle these challenges are recommended. Critical conversations are invoked around the reimagination of our healthcare system structurally as well as preparing healthcare providers to meet the demands of a new reimagined system. This includes introducing trauma-informed approaches, which are highlighted as one of many key professional shifts required in the routine preparation of healthcare providers. The chapter concludes with an explicit proposition that puts into action key starting points to the remaining of health care in the United States.
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Burnett, C. (2022). Culture of Healing. In: Justice in Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18504-5_5
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