title: Ethics and Defining Cultural Competence: An Alternative View.
abstract: Global ethics calls upon the discipline of nursing to critically evaluate personal and culture-based beliefs to nurture professionalism in relationships and improve health disparities. What does it potentially mean to provide nurse services based on culture and cultural competence? This article begins a discussion of potential ethical questions that surround the concept of culture and potential implications for education and practice from a nursing theoretical perspective.
authors.affiliation: Associate Dean and Professor of Nursing, Azusa Pacific University constancemilton@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Constance L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Milton
mesh_terms: D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical
keywords: cultural competence; culture; ethics; humanbecoming