
Cultural Competency in Health Care Can Save Lives
Medical professionals who connect with their patients’ language and culture provide better care
Rod McCullom is a science writer whose work has appeared in Undark, Nature, the Atlantic, and M.I.T. Technology Review, among other magazines.
Cultural Competency in Health Care Can Save Lives
Medical professionals who connect with their patients’ language and culture provide better care
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