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Cultural diversity in health and illness / Rachel E. Spector.
Holman Biotech Commons RA418.5.T73 S64 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spector, Rachel E., 1940-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transcultural medical care--United States.
- Transcultural medical care.
- Transcultural nursing.
- Health attitudes.
- United States.
- Health attitudes--United States.
- Transcultural nursing--United States.
- Cultural Diversity.
- Attitude to Health--ethnology.
- Cultural Competency.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Ethnicity.
- Health Status.
- Medical Subjects:
- Cultural Diversity.
- United States.
- Attitude to Health--ethnology.
- Cultural Competency.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Ethnicity.
- Health Status.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Seventh edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, [2009]
- Summary:
- The seventh edition of this well-respected book continues to promote an awareness of the dimensions and complexities involved in caring for people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Completely revised and updated, it examines the differences existing within North America by probing the health-care system and consumers, and citing examples of traditional health beliefs and practices among selected populations. An emphasis on the influences of recent social, political, and demographic changes helps to explore the issues and perceptions of health and illness today. Essential for any health-care professional, this book sets the standard for cultural perspectives.
- Contents:
- Cultural foundations
- Cultural heritage and history
- Diversity
- Health and illness
- Health domains
- Health traditions
- Healing traditions
- Familial health traditions
- Health care delivery and issues
- Health and illness panoramas
- Health and illness in the American Indian and Alaska native population
- Health and illness in the Asian populations
- Health and illness in the Black population
- Health and illness in the Hispanic populations
- Health and illness in the White populations.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: Cultural diversity in health & illness / Rachel E. Spector. 6th ed. c2004.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-394) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780135035894
- 0135035899
- OCLC:
- 228114867
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