DeCS

Descriptor English:

Culturally Competent Care

Descriptor Spanish:

Asistencia Sanitaria Culturalmente Competente

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	asistencia sanitaria culturalmente competente
Entry term(s)	asistencia sanitaria con conciencia cultural asistencia sanitaria cultural asistencia sanitaria culturalmente congruente asistencia sanitaria transcultural atención sanitaria culturalmente competente atención sanitaria culturalmente congruente atención sanitaria transcultural enfoque diferenciado enfoque diferencial enfoque diferencial étnico enfoque étnico salud intercultural servicios de salud culturalmente competentes servicios de salud interculturales servicios sanitarios culturalmente competentes servicios sanitarios interculturales
Scope note:	Servicios de atención sanitaria que se muestran respetuosos y que responden a las creencias de salud, prácticas y necesidades culturales y lingüísticas de los diversos pacientes. Tanto el proveedor como el paciente aportan sus propios patrones individuales aprendidos de lengua y cultura a la experiencia de la atención sanitaria que ha de quedar trascendida para lograr un igual acceso y atención sanitaria de calidad.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Assistência à Saúde Culturalmente Competente

Descriptor French:

Soins adaptés sur le plan culturel

Entry term(s):

Care, Cross-Cultural
Care, Cultural
Care, Culturally Competent
Care, Culturally Congruent
Cross Cultural Care
Cross-Cultural Care
Cultural Care
Culturally Competent Health Care
Culturally Congruent Care
Culturally Sensitive Care

Tree number(s):

N04.590.374.052
N05.300.206
SP2.840.400.217.150

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065246

Scope note:

Health care services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients. The provider and the patient each bring their individual learned patterns of language and culture to the health care experience which must be transcended to achieve equal access and quality health care.

Annotation:

coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

Allowable Qualifiers:

CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends

Concept UI	M0588506
Scope note	Health care services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients. The provider and the patient each bring their individual learned patterns of language and culture to the health care experience which must be transcended to achieve equal access and quality health care.
Preferred term	Culturally Competent Care
Entry term(s)	Care, Cross-Cultural Care, Cultural Care, Culturally Competent Care, Culturally Congruent Cross Cultural Care Cross-Cultural Care Cultural Care Culturally Competent Health Care Culturally Congruent Care

Concept UI	M000749566
Preferred term	Culturally Sensitive Care

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