| Description |
xv, 407 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Health Care 2000 - Meeting the Needs of a Multicultural Society -- Ch. 2. Health and Illness -- Ch. 3. Familial Folk Remedies -- Ch. 4. Culture, Health, and Illness -- Ch. 5. Health Care Delivery: Issues, Barriers, and Alternatives -- Ch. 6. Healing: Natural Traditions -- Ch. 7. Healing: Magicoreligious Traditions -- Ch. 8. The Influence of Demographics on Health Care -- Ch. 9. Health and Illness in African (Black) American Communities -- Ch. 10. Health and Illness in the American Indian, Aleut, and Eskimo Communities -- Ch. 11. Health and Illness in the Asian/Pacific Islander American Community -- Ch. 12. Health and Illness in European (White) American Communities -- Ch. 13. Health and Illness in Hispanic American Communities -- Ch. 14. The Use of Parteras in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas -- Appendix I: Selected Key Terms Related to Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness -- Appendix II: Suggested Course Outline -- Appendix III: Suggested Course Activities |
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Appendix IV: Heritage Assessment Tool -- Appendix V: Quick Guide for Cross-Cultural Nursing Care -- Appendix VI: Data Resources -- Appendix VII: NIH Office of Alternative Medicine -- Appendix VIII: Networks: Selected Health-Related Organizations -- African (Black) American -- American Indian, Aleut, and Eskimo -- Asian/Pacific Islander -- Hispanic American -- Multicultural |
| Summary |
Written for all health care providers, this text promotes awareness of the dimensions and complexities involved in caring for people from culturally diverse backgrounds. The author through discussions of her own experiences, shows how cultural heritage can affect delivery and acceptance of health care and how professionals, when interacting with their clients, need to be aware of these issues in order to deliver safe and professional care. Traditional and alternative health care beliefs and practices from Asian American, African American, Hispanic, and American Indian perspectives are represented |
| Notes |
Rev. ed. of: Cultural diversity in health and illness. 3rd ed. c1991 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Attitude of health personnel
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Economics -- Sociological aspects.
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Ethnic groups.
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Health attitudes -- United States.
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Health attitudes.
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Medical care -- United States.
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Transcultural medical care -- United States.
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Transcultural nursing -- United States.
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Cultural Diversity.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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Ethnic Groups.
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Health Occupations.
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Minority Groups.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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Attitude of Health Personnel.
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Attitude to Health.
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Ethnic Groups.
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Attitude of Health Personnel.
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Attitude to Health.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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Ethnic Groups.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Author |
Spector, Rachel E., 1940-
Cultural diversity in health and illness
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Spector, Rachel E., 1940-
Guide to heritage assessment and health traditions
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| LC no. |
95025684 |
| ISBN |
0838513972 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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0838514847 (Booklet) |
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