States mandate 'culturally competent' health care

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Fri, 08/08/2008 - 01:48

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- When a doctor doesn't look an Asian-American patient in the eye, that might be seen as a sign of respect.

But making eye contact is encouraged with black patients, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, which has published a guidebook for culturally competent care....

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