Health Care

Culturally Competent 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.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Cross-Cultural Care
  • Cultural Care
  • Culturally Competent Health Care
  • Culturally Congruent Care
  • Care, Cross-Cultural
  • Care, Cultural
  • Care, Culturally Congruent
  • Cross Cultural Care
  • Culturally Sensitive Care
  • Care, Culturally Sensitive
  • Culturally Sensitive Cares

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

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History Note

2015

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Previous Indexing

  • Clinical Competence (1994-2014)

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W 84.5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Culturally Competent Care. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065246. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065246
  2. Culturally Competent Care. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_competence_in_healthcare
  3. Culturally Competent Care. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18206313