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  • Title: Improving cross-cultural awareness and skills to reduce health disparities in cancer.
    Author: Pesquera M, Yoder L, Lynk M.
    Journal: Medsurg Nurs; 2008 Apr; 17(2):114-20; quiz 121. PubMed ID: 18517172.
    Abstract:
    Delivering culturally sensitive care gives health professionals an opportunity to help reduce racial and ethnic disparities attributable to patient-provider interactions in the diverse settings across the continuum of care. Dealing with a cancer diagnosis is stressful; dealing with that diagnosis in a setting that is culturally unfamiliar or with a provider who speaks a different language can make the experience frightening. The nurse must be attuned to the cultural needs of the cancer patient and family members/significant others.
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