Assessing cultural competence at a local hospital system in the United States

Health Care Manager

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-110

  Polacek, Georgia N L J ^a   Martinez, Rubén ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competency; Diversity; Hospital systems; Multiculturalism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650133522     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCM.0b013e3181a2cb32     Document Type: Article

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