Cultural and ethical issues in working with culturally diverse patients and their families: The use of the Culturagram to promote cultural competent practice in health care settings

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 249-262

  Congress, Elaine P ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culturagram; Cultural and ethical issues; Cultural competence; Cultural diversity; Culture and health care; Ethical issues and health care; Family assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHICS; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FAMILY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14644432996     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v39n03_03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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