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6 - Multiculturalism and “Cultural Competency”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2015

Catherine Marco
Affiliation:
Wright State University, Ohio
Raquel Schears
Affiliation:
Mayo Clinic Emergency Medicine, Minnesota
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Print publication year: 2015

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