Full Description
The eighth 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, CULTURAL North America by probing the health care system and consumers, and examples of traditional health/ 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, while new introductory and capstone chapters help place material within perspective. An essential for any health-care professional, this book sets the standard for cultural perspectives and more importantly HEALTH-the balance of the person, both within one's being-physical, mental, and spiritual-and in the outside world-natural, communal, and metaphysical. (Terms, such as HEALTH, are written this way to emphasize holistic meaning.)
Contents
UNIT ICompetence2. Cultural Heritage and History3. Diversity4. Health and Illness UNIT II: HEALTH DOMAINS5. HEALTH Traditions6. HEALING Traditions7. Familial HEALTH Traditions8. Health and Illness in Modern Health Care UNIT III: HEALTH AND ILLNESS PANORAMAS9. HEALTH and ILLNESS in the American Indian and Alaska Native Population10. HEALTH and ILLNESS in the Asian Populations11. HEALTH and ILLNESS in the Black Population12. HEALTH and ILLNESS in the Hispanic Populations13. HEALTH and ILLNESS in the White Populations14. CHANGE DATESAPPENDIX C: SUGGESTED COURSE OUTLINEAPPENDIX D: SUGGESTED COURSE ACTIVITY-URBAN HIKINGAPPENDIX D: HERITAGE ASSESSMENT TOOLAPPENDIX F: QUICK GUIDE FOR CULTURAL CAREAPPENDIX G: DATA RESOURCES
