"A formal area of study and practice focused on comparative holistic cultural care, health and illness patterns of people with respect to differences and similarities in their cultural values, be-liefs and lifeways with the goal to provide
culturally congruent, competent, and compassionate care" is known as ____. a. Acculturation
b. Culturally competent care
c. Ethnocentrism
d. Transcultural nursing
D
"A formal area of study and practice focused on comparative holistic cultural care, health and illness patterns of people with respect to differences and similarities in their cultural values, be-liefs and lifeways with the goal to provide culturally congruent, competent, and compassionate care" is Leininger's definition of transcultural nursing (1997).
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