Ensuring that caregivers communicate sometimes complex medical information to non-English speaking patients as well as respecting cultural and spiritual needs are key patient care aspects in an increasingly multicultural world.

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Briefings on The Joint Commission (Single Article)

Cultural competency: Take into account language, spiritual, and ethnic challenges to patient care
September 2001

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Ensuring that caregivers communicate sometimes complex medical information to non-English speaking patients as well as respecting cultural and spiritual needs are key patient care aspects in an increasingly multicultural world.



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