Cultural competence education for health professionals

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Horvat, Lidia ^a,b   Horey, Dell ^b   Romios, Panayiota ^c   Kis Rigo, John ^b  

^a Quality and Rural Health Branch   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Australian Red Cross   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LINGUISTICS; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SKILL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; META ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; NETHERLANDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920275858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009405.pub2     Document Type: Review

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