Cultural Competence
Definition
Task-specific ability to consider language, culture and context when selecting methods and interpreting information.
Related terms
- Conflict of Interest
- A situation in which a person's private interests, financial, personal, or professional, could improperly affect their exercise of a duty to an...
- Informed Consent
- Legally valid agreement to a procedure, requiring that the patient has been given sufficient information, has capacity to understand it, and is...
- Notification
- Explanation of the nature and conditions of a service, including where a mandatory assessment has another legal basis.
- Professional Guidance
- Recommendations that inform practice; their status differs from legislation and enforceable standards.
- Registration
- Recognition by the relevant professional regulator under its applicable requirements.