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Cultural competency

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-002177

The ability to understand, interact, and work well with people of different cultures. In medicine, one goal of cultural competency is to help make sure that the quality of health care is equal among different cultural groups.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-002177
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-002177",
  "term": "Cultural competency",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The ability to understand, interact, and work well with people of different cultures. In medicine, one goal of cultural competency is to help make sure that the quality of health care is equal among different cultural groups.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/cultural-competency/"
}

Record 5,494 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.