title: Meeting the challenge: patient education in a diverse America.
abstract: As our patient populations become more culturally diverse, it becomes more important to meet the challenge. This article shows how to provide culturally competent patient education by beginning assessment with the 8 Kleinman questions that elicit the patient's explanatory model. It then describes the skills needed to apply the principles of patient-centered care to individualize teaching to the needs, values, and priorities of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona 85016, USA. flondon@phoenixchildrens.com
authors.forename: Fran
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: London
mesh_terms: D054521:Cultural Competency; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States