Multicultural Competence

CULTURAL COMPETENCE

Multicultural competence is the ability to appreciate value, interact with, and benefit from the presence of many different cultures and their individual members. Health care professionals would benefit by learning the emotional and physical needs of people from diverse and socio- economic backgrounds, regardless of race, religion or sexual preference. Immigrants choose to come to this country for various reasons, such as to live in freedom, to practice their religion freely, to escape poverty or oppression, and to make a better life for themselves and their families- in search of the promises and opportunities of the” American Dream.” Stereo types are based on opinions, misconceptions, myths and prejudices. As a professional in the health care community it is important to not to have a bias attitude towards people who may be different. Understand that being treated fairly and with respect should be your focus as a health care provider.

CULTURAL COMPETENCE
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Anderson, Charles & Johnson (2003). The impressive psychology paper. Chicago: Lucerne Publishing. Smith, M. (2001). Writing a successful paper. The Trey Research Monthly, 53, 149-150. Entries are organized alphabetically by surnames of first authors and are formatted with a hanging indent. Most reference entries have three components: Authors: Authors are listed in the same order as specified in the source, using surnames and initials. Commas separate all authors. When there are seven or more authors, list the first six and then use “et al.” for remaining authors. If no author is identified, the title of the document begins the reference. Year of Publication: In parenthesis following authors, with a period following the closing
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