A successful partnership to help reduce health disparities: The institute for culturally competent care and the Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia/California State University Fullerton

AANA Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 437-442

  Elisha, Sass ^a,b   Nagelhout, John ^a,b   Gupte, Saleena ^a   Koh, Karen ^a   Maglalang, Maria ^a   Chong, Nilda ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural awareness; Cultural competency in education; Culturally competent care; Culturally sensitive patient care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; NURSE ANESTHESIA EDUCATION; NURSE ANESTHETIST; NURSING COMPETENCE; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

CALIFORNIA; CERTIFICATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 57649136748     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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