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Dreher, Melanie; MacNaughton, Neil – Nursing Outlook, 2002
The recommendations for nurses to become culturally competent fall into two categories. The first focuses on the content and structure of the encounter between provider and patient; the second charges providers with becoming knowledge about the culture of their patients. Cultural competence is really nursing competence--the capacity to be equally…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Nursing, Public Health, Standards
Corn, Morton – Personnel Administrator, 1979
Discusses federal regulation of industry in general and the history and work of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in particular. (IRT)
Descriptors: Employers, Federal Regulation, Public Health Legislation, Standards
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Freedman, Ben – Journal of Environmental Health, 1980
Described are the characteristics of a profession, the status of the sanitarian as a professional, and the basic criteria recognized as the mark of a profession. (BT)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Criteria, Paraprofessional Personnel, Professional Recognition
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Gersons-Wolfensberger, D. C. M.; Ruijssenaars, Wied A. J. J. M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
This report by a Dutch national committee addresses the definition of dyslexia; characteristic symptoms; consequences of the proposed definition for identification and treatment; appropriate methods of treatment; involvement of various professionals (e.g., neuropsychologist, remedial teacher, speech and language therapist, and neurologist); and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Definitions, Disability Identification, Dyslexia