Cultural competence has become a major issue in nursing practice, given the current and projected US demographics as well as the long-standing health disparities in people of diverse racial, ethnic, ...

I sat listening intently to my constitutional law professor, engrossed in the lecture-induced dawning realization that the word "equality" did not in fact appear anywhere in the U.S. Constitution. I ...

The technology sector is in the midst of a raging debate about whether its leaders have done enough to ensure a diverse workforce. Yet those efforts are falling well short of the mark, leading some ...

The late 1990s marked the beginning of a movement within the human services professions that stressed the importance of cultural competency. Psychology and social work were the pioneers; these fields ...

Given the globalization of the modern business environment, leaders within organizations need to be adept at managing employees of varying cultural backgrounds and at communicating with clients all ...

Introduced under urgency this month, the government’s latest proposed law change would increase the health minister’s powers to interfere in the work of medical registration authorities. The Health ...

Cultural competence in nursing refers to the capacity of practitioners and students to deliver care that recognises, respects and integrates patients’ diverse cultural backgrounds. This competence ...

How effective am I at working across cultural differences? Do others see me as culturally competent? One of the key frameworks of the Navigating Difference workshop, the Developmental Model of ...

The ability of researchers and research staff to provide high quality research that takes into account the culture and diversity of a population when developing research ideas, conducting research, ...

Cultural context, or lack thereof, is the Achilles' heel of market globalization. Navigating foreign markets with regard to price, manufacturing regulations and sales interactions is difficult. What ...