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Date Added: April 26, 2008 01:28:02 AM

"One Size Does Not Fit All: Meeting the Health Care Needs of Diverse Populations," (.pdf) Joint Commission: The report urges health care organizations to abandon the "one-size-fits-all" approach to administering health services and assess their capacity to serve the individual cultural and linguistic needs of their patients.

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