Culturally Competent Care
Synonyms
Care, Cross-Cultural
Care, Cultural
Care, Culturally Competent
Care, Culturally Congruent
Cross Cultural Care
Cross-Cultural Care
Cultural Care
Culturally Competent Health Care
Culturally Congruent Care
Health care services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients. The provider and the patient each bring their individual learned patterns of language and culture to the health care experience which must be transcended to achieve equal access and quality health care.