Cultural competence: A literature review and conceptual model for mental health services

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1046-1050

  Hernandez, Mario ^a   Nesman, Teresa ^a   Mowery, Debra ^a   Acevedo Polakovich, Ignacio D ^b   Callejas, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; REWARD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERAPEUTIC ERROR;

EID: 69149110607     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.8.1046     Document Type: Review

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