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Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care, 2nd Edition

By Larry D. Purnell, PhD, RN, FAAN, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-2064-3
ISBN-10: 0-8036-2064-0

426 pp. Soft cover.  ©2009  Available now. $28.95

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• 2 Bonus Culture Chapters—People of Brazilian Heritage and People of Egyptian Heritage.
• Case Studies. • Web links to more transcultural healthcare and evidence-based content.

Build your students’ confidence when relating to different cultures in a health care environment. This concise, easy-to-read handbook tackles an often awkward subject in a direct, non-intimidating style.

Whats New?
  • Two new chapters...Hmong Heritage and Somalian Heritage.
  • Two new sections in each heritage chapter... Workforce Issues and a Health Conditions table that highlight commonly occurring health conditions and causes.
  • Two bonus chapters online at DavisPlus.

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Key Features
  • Discusses the 12 domains of Culturally Competent Care and examines how they apply to all ethnic groups.
  • Highlights specific instructions, guidelines, tips, warnings, intervention strategies and approaches.
  • Includes a language translator.

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Table of Contents
 1. Transcultural Diversity and Health Care
2. The Purnell Model
3. People of African American Heritage
4. The Amish
5. People of Appalachian Heritage
6. People of Arab Heritage
7. People of Bosnian Heritage
8. People of Chinese Heritage
9. People of Cuban Heritage
10. European American Heritage
11. People of Filipino Heritage
12. People of German Heritage
13. People of Greek Heritage
14. People of Haitian Heritage
15. People of Hindu Heritage
16. People of Hmong Heritage (NEW)
17. People of Iranian Heritage
18. People of Irish Heritage
19. People of Italian Heritage
20. People of Japanese Heritage
21. People of Jewish Heritage
22. People of Korean Heritage
23. People of Mexican Heritage
24. Navajo Indians
25. People of Puerto Rican Heritage
26. People of Russian Heritage
27. People of Somalian Heritage (NEW)
28. People of Turkish Heritage
29. People of Vietnamese Heritage

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