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CROSS-CULTURAL CARING, 2ND ED.
A HANDBOOK FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS |
| By: |
Nancy Waxler-Morrison (Editor), Joan M. Anderson (Editor), Elizabeth Richardson (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£29.99 |
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£25.49 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774810254 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774810258 |
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| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2005 |
| Pages: |
376 |
| Description: |
This new edition provides up-to-date statistics and fresh analysis of changing trends in immigration, describes ethno-cultural community, discussing such issues as childbirth, mental illness, dental care, hospitalization, and death, as well as home country culture, common reasons for emigrating, and challenges in adjusting to a new culture. |
| Synopsis: |
As North America's ethnic populations increase, health care andsocial service workers are recognizing that in order to provideculturally sensitive and effective treatment programs they must be moreaware of the particular needs of their ethnic patients. This newlyrevised edition of Cross-Cultural Caring: A Handbook for HealthProfessionals describes Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian,Chinese, Japanese, Iranian, South Asian, and Central Americanethno-cultural groups. It stresses the need to understand both thecultural beliefs and the daily life concerns facing immigrants, such aswork, income, child-rearing, and aging, all of which impinge onhealth.Reflecting the questions health professionals most often ask aboutimmigrant groups, each chapter describes one ethno-cultural community,discussing such issues as childbirth, mental illness, dental care,hospitalization, and death, as well as home country culture, commonreasons for emigrating, and challenges in adjusting to a newculture.This new edition provides up-to-date statistics and fresh analysis,responding to changing trends in immigration. Additional materialincludes a new chapter addressing the special circumstances ofrefugees; short real-life stories of immigrants' andrefugees' experiences; and a thorough, easy-to-use index. |
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Canada |
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University of British Columbia Press |
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