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Research on Cultural Proficiency

Center for the Study of Cultural Diversity in Health Care -- The University of Wisconsin Medical School promotes high quality, culturally-sensitive health care for Wisconsin families.
Cross Cultural Health Care Program -- A Seattle-based program that serves as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to ensure full accesst o quality health care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate.
Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity -- A program from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School dedicated to leadership, advocacy and excellence in promoting culturally responsive, quality health care for diverse populations.
Racial Categories in Medical Practice: How Useful Are They? -- This articles addresses whether it good medical practice for physicians to “eyeball” a patient’s race when assessing their medical status or even to ask them to identify their race.
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