From the second e-Activity, explore the concept of cultural competence, and justify its necessity as a permanent structure of the U.S. health care system. Support your response with at least (2) examples of the possible adverse effects on a health care facility of not practicing cultural competence.

Cultural competenceis a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency or among professionals and enable that system, agency or those professions to work effectively in cross-culturalsituations.
Culture is often described as the combination of a body of knowledge, a body of belief and a body of behavior. It involves a number of elements, including personal identification, language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs,...