HCA 1040 - Cultural Diversity in Healthcare

The concept of patient‐centered care requires a more focused awareness of how diversity in the U.S. population constitutes a relatively new challenge to healthcare providers and administrators. Attitudes toward health and healing, life and death, and interaction with complex systems vary from culture to culture. Variations in those attitudes among both patients and providers call for effective management strategies that maximize the value of diversity and meet challenges effectively. Credits: 4