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Multicultural health / Lois A. Ritter, Nancy A. Hoffman.
Holman Biotech Commons RA418.5.T73 R58 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ritter, Lois A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transcultural medical care--United States.
- Transcultural medical care.
- United States.
- Cultural Competency.
- Cross-Cultural Comparison.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Ethnicity.
- Medical Subjects:
- Cultural Competency.
- United States.
- Cross-Cultural Comparison.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Ethnicity.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 405 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2010]
- Contents:
- Introduction to multicultural health
- Cross-cultural concepts of health and illness
- Complementary and alternative medicine
- Religion, rituals, and health
- Multicultural health: legal and ethical impacts
- Health promotion in diverse societies
- Hispanic and Latino American populations
- American Indian and Alaska native populations
- African American populations
- Asian American and Pacific Islander populations
- Caucasian American populations
- Nonethnic populations: lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals; migrant farmworkers
- Closing the gap: strategies for eliminating health disparities.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780763757427
- 076375742X
- OCLC:
- 311059923
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