RT Book, Section
A1 Bullock, Kim A.
A1 Graves, Darci L.
A2 South-Paul, Jeannette E.
A2 Matheny, Samuel C.
A2 Lewis, Evelyn L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1173719445
T1 Cultural & Linguistic Competence
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Family Medicine, 5e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134896
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1173719445
RD 2024/04/25
AB Family  physicians  are  devoted  to  a  holistic  delivery  of  comprehensive  health  care  across  the  lifespan  from  infancy  to  the  end  of  life,  all  within  increasingly  diverse  communities.  The  breadth  of  knowledge  is  focused  on  the  individual  within  the  context  of  the  family  and  the  greater  community.  The  World  Organization  of  Family  Doctors  specifies  that  the  specialty  provide  personal,  expansive  and  continuing  care  with  consideration  for  the  individual  within  the  local  as  well  as  globally  linked  community.  Many  of  these  communities  face  existing  and  persistent  health  and  healthcare  disparities.  Growing  diversity  and  persistent  disparities  are  among  several  arguments  for  the  provision  of  care  and  services,  which  are  patient  centered  as  well  as  culturally  and  linguistically  appropriate.  This  may  include  decisions  and  actions  that  are  congruent  with  the  patient’s  value  systems  and  orientation  to  health  and  illness.