Transcultural Health Care : A Culturally Competent Approach,
4th Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-3705-4
©2013 Paperback 480 pages
$54.95 (US)
Prepare yourself for the culturally rich and ethically diverse world in which you will practice. Noted researchers, educators, and clinicians from a wealth of backgrounds use the Purnell twelve-step model to examine 33 population groups from a health care perspective. Each brings a personal understanding of the traditions and customs of their societies, providing a unique perspective on the implications for patient care.
- Uses the Purnell twelve-step model to organize the discussion of each cultural group, looking at the following factors...
- Inhabited localities, topography, and overview
- Communications
- Family roles and organization
- Workforce issues
- Biocultural ecology
- High-risk behaviors
- Nutrition
- Pregnancy and childbearing practices
- Death rituals
- Spirituality
- Health-care practices
- Health-care practitioners
- Includes multiple vignettes in each culture-based chapter clearly illustrating situations and issues across the nursing continuum.
- Provides expanded focus on evidence-based practice.
- Offers full-chapter coverage of 18 additional cultures online at DavisPlus with one-page abstracts in the book appendix.
- Features knowledge and understanding questions.
- Foundations for Cultural Competence: Individual and Organizational
- Transcultural Diversity and Health Care
- The Purnell Model for Cultural Competence
- Individual Competence and Evidence-Based Practice
- Organizational Cultural Competence
- Global Health and Healthcare Issues
- Aggregate Data for Cultural Specific Groups
- African American
- Amish
- Appalachian
- Arab
- Chinese
- Cuban
- European American
- Filipino
- German
- Haitian
- Hindu
- Hmong
- Japanese
- Jewish
- Korean
- Mexican
- Polish
- Puerto Rican
- Russian
A. Cultural, Ethnic, and Racial Diseases and Illnesses
B. Abstracts in the book with full chapters available online at DavisPlus.
Baltic
Brazilian
Egyptian
French Canadian
Greek
Guatemalan
Iranian
Irish
Italian
Navajo
Somali
Thai
Turkish
Vietnamese
Glossary
- NEW! Purnell’s Interactive Model of Cultural Competency, a full-color, interactive program representing each of the twelve steps that uses clinical scenarios to determine your level of cultural competency.
- REVISED! Streamlined organization of concepts into separate units for theory and practice.
- NEW CHAPTERS! Individual Competence and Evidence-Based Practice • Organizational Cultural Competence • Global Health and Healthcare Issues.
- NEW! Cuban, European American, Hmong, and Puerto Rican cultures added.
- NEW! Section on international standards for cultural competency.
- MORE! Knowledge questions covering all chapters and abstracts.
- EXPANDED! More user-friendly, detailed index.
Transcultural Health Care : A Culturally Competent Approach is available in the following format(s):
Online Resource Guide
Visit the DavisPlus page to use the great resources below.
|
|
-
About F.A. Davis
- About F.A. Davis
- Press Center
- President’s Letter
- Events
- Careers
- Sales Rep Locator
- Contact Us
-
Browse Publications
- Just Published
- Nursing Titles
- Health Profession Titles
- Bestsellers
- DavisMobile
-
Resource Centers
- Students
- Instructors
- Librarians
- Bookstores
- Authors
- Clinicians
- High Schools
- eBooks