title: Linguistic and cultural competency.
abstract: The U.S. population is becoming more diverse and cultural and linguistic barriers may adversely affect the quality of health care for some individuals. Cultural and linguistic competencies are now a high priority for national health policy. Research commissioned by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists indicates that diversity among patients is a leading health care trend that will have an impact on radiologic technologists in the immediate future.
authors.affiliation: ASRT, Office of Practice Issues, USA.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shams-Avari
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003142:Communication; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003469:Culture; D003479:Curriculum; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D005006:Ethnicity; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008037:Linguistics; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008913:Minority Groups; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013679:Technology, Radiologic / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D035502:Trust; D014481:United States