title: Use of Giger and Davidhizar's Transcultural Assessment Model by health professions.
abstract: Nursing science is increasingly gaining recognition. Witness the growing use by other disciplines of nursing's models and ideas. One example is the adoption of the Giger and Davidhizar Model of Transcultural Assessment by non-nursing disciplines to understand and address the needs of a pluralistic multicultural society. Below the authors describe a model to understand culturally diverse clients and show how health professions are using it to provide culturally competent care.
authors.affiliation: School of Health-Related Professions, Medical Imaging and Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Dowd
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Giger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davidhizar
mesh_terms: D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D014481:United States