Includes bibliographical references and index.

Defining cultural competence -- Patient-focused cultural assessment models -- Why can't they speak our language? : working with culturally diverse colleagues -- Caring for the patient with religious or spiritual needs that differ from one's own -- Caring for patients with physical, psychological, or intellectual disabilities / by Ernest Bonaparte -- Caring for the patient who speaks a different language -- Caring for patients who is terminally ill -- Caring for the geographically displaced client / by Barbara Jones -- Caring for patients with a sexual orientation that differs from one's own / by Claire Dente -- Caring for the new immigrant or refugee -- Caring for the poor and uninsured -- Caring for patients who are morbidly obese -- Caring for veterans -- Caring for children.