Title: Culturally sensitive and culturally comprehensive care
Abstract:Nursing is essentially about caring for others (Leininger, 1988) and it is this emphasis on care that distinguishes nursing from other professions, most notably medicine, which are oriented towards cu...Nursing is essentially about caring for others (Leininger, 1988) and it is this emphasis on care that distinguishes nursing from other professions, most notably medicine, which are oriented towards cure. To achieve culturally sensitive care nurses need to develop a knowledge base which incorporates an awareness of their own culture, preferences and prejudices alongside specific information about ethnic groups.Read More
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-08-11
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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