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Feb 17, 2025
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2023-2024 Graduate Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: CONTENT MAY NOT BE CURRENT. USE THE DROP DOWN ABOVE TO ACCESS THE CURRENT CATALOG.
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DEN 7157 - Patient Comm and Cultural Compatibility
Credits 2
Enhancing the knowledge, skills, and dispositions in the area of cultural awareness. Foundational concepts of culture in the clinical setting will be integrated. Topics include: projected demographic changes; cultural competency (e.g., race/ethnicity, culture, diversity and diverse populations); and effective communication and interviewing skills. Discussions also include the effective use of interpreters; religion and spiritual beliefs; folk beliefs and practices that affect health care and treatment; and how diverse cultures respond to illness, complementary medicine, traditional medical care, and medications.
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