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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
Caring Is Personal
Katie Ayodele Boston-Leary1, Edna Gilliam, Keeli Stith
1Katie Ayodele Boston-Leary is senior vice president of equity and engagement, American Nurses Association, Silver Springs, MD. Edna Gilliam is assistant vice president, Perioperative Services, Nemours Children's Hospital, Wilmington, DE. Keeli Stith is associate vice president of operations, OhioHealth Dublin Methodist and Grady Memorial Hospitals, Dublin, OH. Contact author: Katie Ayodele Boston-Leary, katie.boston-leary@ana.org . The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
Abstract:
When cultural indifference leads to harm.
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