Search Tag: equity of care
2022 31 Jan
World Cancer Day is an initiative of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). Observed every 4 February since 2000, its goal is raising worldwide awareness, improving education, and catalysing personal, collective, and government action to reduce preventable cancer deaths and increase equitable access to cancer care. Cancer kills nearly...Read more
2015 03 Jul
According to a report by Nurse.com, cultural competency and an understanding of healthcare perspectives from different cultures is becoming a critical need for nurses. As Susan Olson, R.N., a staff nurse and coordinator of service excellence at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey explains, hospitals today are a melting pot of different...Read more