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Cultural Safety In A Clinical Practice

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In a clinical practice, cultural safety is well defined as a Health Professional’s perception of his or her own personal culture and how these personal cultural values and belief may impact on the provision of care to the person, regardless of race or ethnicity. Cultural safety combines cultural awareness and cultural sensitivity and is reinforced by good communication, recognition of the diversity of views nationally and internationally between ethnic groups. There are four levels in the cultural respect framework, Knowledge and Awareness, Skilled Practice and Behaviour, Strong Customer and Community Relationships and Equity of Outcomes. The cultural respect framework provides the foundation of attainment of changed knowledge and awareness,
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