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assembled for Human Care Alliance Andrews, Margaret M. Andrews, et al. Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care. 4th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003. ISBN 0781736803. $42.95. "AJN Book of the Year. Applies theory to practice in transcultural nursing, bringing this fascinating aspect of the nurse-client relationship to life. By exploring cultural variation in lifestyle, habits, beliefs, life process, and responses to clinical problems, this text gives a comprehensive framework to use in conducting relevant and sensitive assessments of each client and client family." Constantine, Madonna G. and Derald Wing Sue. Strategies for Building Competence in Mental Health and Educational Settings. Wiley, 2005. ISBN 0471667323. $45. "A must-read book for all mental health professionals wanting to keep up with these most important issues: practical, concrete, hands-on details from first-hand experts." deChesnay, Mary. Caring for the Vulnerable: Perspectives in Nursing Theory, Practice, and Research. Jones and Bartlett, 2005. ISBN 0763747645 $57.95. "Organized into six units, the text presents a basic structure for caring for the vulnerable, and forms a theoretical perspective on caring for doing so within a cultural context, with the ultimate goal of providing culturally competent care." Fadiman, Anne. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures. Farrar, Straus, and Girous, 1997. ISBN 0374267812. $15. "A book about the encounter between a Hmong family and the American medical community. This poignant study of the clash of cultural beliefs and practices touches some fundamental issues surrounding scientific progress and humanity." Galanti, Geri-Ann. Caring for Patients from Different Cultures. 3rd ed. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. ISBN 0812218574. $18.95. "Contains over 200 case studies illustrating cross-cultural misunderstanding and culturally competent health care. The chapters cover a diverse range of topics, including birth, end of life, traditional medicine, mental health, pain, religion, and multicultural staff issues. The case studies illustrate important concepts from the fields of cultural diversity and medical anthropology. This volume is an important resource for nurses and physicians in achieving cultural competency." LaVeist, Thomas Alexis. Minority Populations and Health: An Introduction to Health Disparities in the United States. Jossey-Bass, 2005. ISBN 078796413. $65 "Offers a complete foundation in the core issues and theoretical frameworks for the development of policy and interventions to address race disparities in health-related outcomes." Lum, Doman. Cultural Competence, Practice Stages, and Client Systems: A Case Study Approach. Thomson/Brooks/Cole, 2005. ISBN 0534631983. $59.95 "Bringing together two practice themes -- culturally competence practice and practice process stages -- Lum's book helps social work students, faculty, and practitioners implement culturally competent principles to the beginning, middle, and ending stages of their work with cluturally diverse clients. Additional material, provided by guest contributors, applies these principles to ethnic diverse groups, gender and sexual orientation diverse groups, transitional diverse groups, and age-related diverse groups, and includes accompanying case studies and exercises." Lynch, Eleanor W. and Marci J. Hanson. Developing Cross-Cultural Competence: A Guide for Working with Children and their Families. 3rd ed. Brooks Publishing, 2004. ISBN 155766744-6. $44.95 "A single and consistent source for learning about some of the major characteristics of the ethnic groups which are most visible in the United States. Provides a broad and informative, yet in-depth and practical, perspective of developing cross-cultural competence." Munoz, Cora, and Joan Luckmann. Transcultural Communication in Nursing. 2nd ed. Thomson Delmar Learning, 2004. ISBN 0766848779 $36.95. "Designed to help students and practicing professionals increase their self-awareness by recognizing possible biases and becoming more sensitive to cultural differences.Includes self-assessment exercises and resource list of additional reading and videos." Purnell, Larry D. and Betty J. Paulanka. Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care. F. A. Davis, 2005. ISBN 0803611633. $24.95 "Written in outline format, and with its focus on clinical relevance, this quick reference for students and health care practitioners who provide direct patient care in diverse settings meets an emerging need for information regarding care for cross-culturally diverse populations. It will boost the confidence of students who feel uncomfortable dealing with those from a cultural background different than their own. It provides a summary of issues to be aware of, including cultural variations regarding personal space, dietary preferences, communication, symptom management, activities of daily living, religious and health practices." Satcher, David, and Rubens J. Pamies, eds. Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities. McGraw-Hill, 2006. ISBN 0071436804. $59.95. "Presenting need-to-know and often hard to find information on differences in access to heath-care, immunization histories, disease prevalence, attitudes about health and provision of care, and much more, this resource provides practical, authoritative and specific guidance." Stone, John H. Culture and Disability: Providing Culturally Competent Services. Sage Publications, 2005. ISBN 0761930833 $35.95 "This is a groundbreaking work on persons with disabilities from diverse immigrant backgrounds. It is a pioneering and practical volume dealing with topics that have been too long ignored. Using a 'cultural broker' model, and written by individuals who have emigrated to the U.S. from countries such as China, Korea, Jamaica, Mexico and the Dominican Republic, this book contains concrete examples, case studies, and recommendations that will help rehabilitation practitioners in their day-to-day activities." Journal of Cultural Diversity Quarterly. Institutional subscription: $180. "The journal unites theory, research, and practice issues related to cultural diversity from the perspectives of a variety of disciplines under one cover. JCD documents the distinct nature and health-care needs of the multi-cultural patient with original research and health-related manuscripts, materials, and reviews." Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Quarterly. Institutional subscription: print only $109; print and electronic $446. "Dedicated to the advancement of culturally competent and culturally congruent health care, the Journal of Transcultural Nursing discusses important topics that affect nursing and health care clinical practice, research, education, and theory development. Official Journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society." Materials on the Internet -- you can print these out
Articles from Health Reference Center database -- you can print these out
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