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The need for clinicians to have cross-cultural sensitivity and competence increases along with the pace of their contacts with people from other cultures. Clinical cultural competence is a lifelong journey. Most of the recent scientific literature in English addresses culture in the context of modern multiethnic societies in the United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia. In this chapter, I outline the clinically relevant variables of culture and their implications for the assessment, engagement, and retention of patients in therapy.
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