...Lani Russell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and extend understanding of the concept of cultural competence in relation to whiteness, particularly the implications of this link in the context of heightened concerns about safety and risk connected with the responsibilisation...

... equality in cancer treatment and care. This paper provides a framework to consider in organizing such endeavors. Race Organizational change Equity Cancer Healthcare Diversity Cultural competence Disparity Desiree Chachula can be contacted at: desiree.chachula@moffitt.org 24 04...

...’ to the Race Equality Duty, retaining major concerns regarding the ability of the DH to ensure future compliance (CRE, 2007). In light of these ongoing problems the DH published a five‐year action plan, Delivering Race Equality (DRE) in Mental Health Care to develop race equality and cultural competence...

...Lucy Wilkinson Previous literature about race equality in social care has identified specific examples of good practice, but also a lack of widespread action by services to address both race discrimination and cultural competence. This paper is based on work by the Commission for Social Care...

...Carl Bell; Johnny Williamson; Peter Chien The authors review the call for cultural competence in psychiatric diagnosis and highlight the barrier of ‘monocultural ethnocentrism’ ‐ the tendency to presume that European‐American standards fit all cultural, racial and ethnic groups. They suggest...

... education and training have a key role to play in developing knowledge and skills to address racial inequality, current approaches are fundamentally flawed. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Race Equality Cultural competence Training Training to redress racial disadvantage in mental...

...Kwame McKenzie Knowing the origins of a concept can help to explain its form. Knowing the history of the struggle to get concepts such as cultural competence acknowledged can help us to understand some of the future difficulties that there may be in more widespread acceptance. This article...