Cultural competence: Developing policies to address the health care needs of culturally diverse clientele

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 49-55

  Goode, Tawara D ^a   Sockalingam, Suganya ^a  

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Author keywords

Cultural competence; Home health care; Linguistic competence; Policy development; Racial, ethic, and cultural diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 52549131102     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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