A study of Spanish-speaking patients with diabetes found that physicians’ self-rated Spanish fluency and cultural competence were strongly linked to better patient-reported interpersonal care. Higher ...

Cultural competence in dementia care encompasses the knowledge, attitudes and skills required to provide care that respects and responds to the cultural values, beliefs and practices of people living ...

As healthcare services span increasingly diverse populations, cultural competence has become a core outcome of nursing education. It encompasses the knowledge, attitudes and skills that enable nurses ...

Cultural competency—the ability to effectively communicate and work across cultural lines—is part of a lawyer’s ethical duty to be competent. Cultural competency is crucial in trademark practice due ...

Healthcare works best when providers understand and respect patients’ cultural contexts. Cultural competence training helps bridge gaps in language, beliefs, and practices, fostering trust and better ...

And, until this pattern is meaningfully broken, the US mythology of competence will remain just that – a powerful military narrative masking repeated strategic failure beneath cinematic displays of ...

Long after most Eagles have tucked themselves into bed, Professor Karen Bullock’s night is just beginning. Once a week, from 11:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., Bullock leads Global Interprofessional Palliative ...