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Cultural Competence for Public Managers
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Cultural Competence for Public Managers

by Espiridion Borrego, Richard Greggory Johnson lll
September 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
414 pages
13h 41m
English
Routledge
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Chapter 12

Cultural Competence in Health Care

To be without health insurance in this country means to be without access to medical care. But health is not a luxury, nor should it be the sole possession of a privileged few. We are all created b’tzelem elohim—in the image of God—and this makes each human life as precious as the next. By “pricing out” a portion of this country’s population from health care coverage, we mock the image of God and destroy the vessels of God’s work.

Rabbi Alexander Schindler Past President, Union of American Hebrew CongregationsNorth Carolina Council of Churches, n.d.

The health of a society is truly measured by the quality of its concern and care for the health of its members…. The right of every individual ...

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ISBN: 9781439828076