Multicultural competencies: What are we measuring?

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 342-351

  Drinane, Joanna M ^a   Owen, Jesse ^a   Adelson, Jill L ^b   Rodolfa, Emil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alliance; multicultural competencies; multicultural orientation; therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916620521     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2014.983581     Document Type: Article

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