{"title":"Treating immigrant populations--cultural competence in health care.","authors":"A Kitchen","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Delivering health care to non-English speaking immigrant populations requires knowledge and appreciation of the patient's culture. Acquiring the skills to bridge the two worlds calls for self-awareness by the practitioner and a commitment to cultural competence by the organization.</p>","PeriodicalId":80662,"journal":{"name":"Bioethics forum","volume":" ","pages":"11-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bioethics forum","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Delivering health care to non-English speaking immigrant populations requires knowledge and appreciation of the patient's culture. Acquiring the skills to bridge the two worlds calls for self-awareness by the practitioner and a commitment to cultural competence by the organization.