Social Competency In Healthcare

Social competency is the understanding of the cultural, social, and lifestyle norms associated with individuals and how these factors influence areas of their life. Healthcare, culture, and societal backgrounds share a link that cannot be ignored if one wants to be an effective physician. America will continue to diversify and as a result, physicians will have to adapt by having an understanding of different cultures that will be inclusive to the patients and nurses that they will encounter in the healthcare field. Social justice is the equity of the socioeconomic foundations of a society such that every member of the society obtains what he or she needs. In respect to healthcare, the lack of social justice within our current society allows