Multicultural medicine and ensuring good health for all.
This article explores health disparities and the effects of race and ethnicity on health care quality. It emphasizes the importance of cross-cultural training and two areas that can make a difference in delivering health care services to minorities: 1) establishing national guidelines and standards for culturally competent care; and 2) improving the healthcare educational pipeline and incorporating cultural proficiency curriculum into all medical training. Information from this article was presented during Plenary Session 1 of the Fifth Annual Primary Care and Prevention Conference, September 21, 2005.
Pamies
Rubens J
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University of Nebraska Medical Center, 987810 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-7810, USA. mtrobinson@unmc.edu
Nsiah-Kumi
Phyllis A
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D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004501:Education, Medical; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006285:Health Planning; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009909:Oral Health; D011634:Public Health; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012935:Social Justice; D014481:United States