Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2017
Journal/Book/Conference Title
JOURNAL OF TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
Volume
28
Issue
4
First Page
334
Last Page
341
DOI
10.1177/1043659616682594
Date of Submission
July 2017
Abstract
Although cultural competence in practice is a common goal within the health care professions, little is known about the consequences of a lack of such competence in health and healing. We propose a novel theoretical framework of cultural distress to describe patient experiences of and reactions to care that does not incorporate attention to cultural needs. Use of the cultural distress model to guide research offers an innovative framework by which researchers may identify potential interventions such that patients never reach a level of cultural distress.
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Is Part Of
VCU School of Nursing Publications
Comments
Originally published at http://doi.org/10.1177/1043659616682594