International Day of Conscience

Cultural respect is vital to reduce health disparities and improve access to high-quality healthcare that is responsive to patients’ needs , according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Nurses must respond to changing patient demographics to provide culturally sensitive care . This need is strikingly evident in critical care units. Developing Cultural Competence in Nursing Framework for Delivering Culturally Competent Nursing Services Campinha-Bacote and Munoz (2001) proposed a five-component model for developing cultural competence in The Case Manager . Cultural awareness involves self-examination of in-depth exploration of one’s cultural and professional background. This component begins with insight into one’s cultural healthcare beliefs and values. A cultural awareness assessment tool can be used to assess a person’s level of cultural awareness. Cultural knowledge involves seeking and obtaining an information base on different cultural and ethnic groups. This compon...

This book of Ricard Zapata-Barrero and Anna Triandafyllidou seeks to offer a European view of diversity challenges and the ways in which they are dealt with. It highlights important similarities and differences and identifies the groups that are worse off in the countries studied. While it may be difficult to devise policy approaches that are responsive to the needs of all the 16 European countries studied here (let alone the 27 EU member states), it is however possible to develop policies that address a number of European countries that share common or parallel migration and ethnic minority experiences.