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Cultural and linguistic competence is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations. Competence implies the capacity to function effectively as an individual and an organization within the context of the cultural beliefs, behaviors, and needs presented by consumers and their communities.
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- Competency, Cultural
- Cultural Competencies
- Cultural Competence
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Competence, Cultural
- Cultural Sensitivities
- Sensitivities, Cultural
- Sensitivity, Cultural
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Indexed with the subheadings education, ethics, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, psychology.
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consider also TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
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2008
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- Culture (1966-2007)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Cultural Competency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054521. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054521
- Cultural Competency. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-cultural_competence
- Cultural Competency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5188097