Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness
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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 DIVERSITY IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS examines the differences existing within North America by probing the health care system and consumers, and examples of traditional health/ HEALTH beliefs and practices among selected populations.
Diversity and Cultural Awareness in Nursing Practice
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As a nurse responsible for providing person-centred care it is vital that you understand how culture and diversity affect patients’ experience of health care.
Diversity in clinical practice : a practical and shame-free guide to reducing cultural offenses and repairing cross-cultural relationships
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Too often, therapists and other helping professionals feel paralyzed by the fear that they don’t know enough about other cultural groups to counsel clients different than themselves. In his debut book, Diversity in Clinical Practice, Lambers Fisher sets out to mitigate these fears by providing a framework for professionals to better understand the experiences of cultural groups with whom they are not personally or professionally familiar.
Inclusive Practice for Health Professionals
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Inclusive Practice: Sociological Concepts for Health Professionals introduces students to the socio-political implications of the work they will be doing within the healthcare sector. It embraces the multi-disciplinary nature of work in the health professions, and applies the term inclusivepractice to focus attention on its relevance to all health care professionals with the shared aim of improving health outcomes.
Racial Prejudice and Discriminations
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Cultural diversity is central to Australia's national identity, however many Australians regularly experience racism. Racism exists in many forms, including offensive jokes and comments; name-calling and verbal abuse; harassment and intimidation; and media commentary which encourages hostility towards certain groups of people. Racist attitudes are common in the form of unconscious bias, intolerance and prejudice; at its worst, racial discrimination manifests in acts of violence and abuse. What is the extent of racism, and what are its causes and impacts?
Social Determinants of Health
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Understand the forces and trends that combine to shape the health of individuals, communities and populations. Social Determinants of Health introduces a range of topics related to health and well-being in the context of a conceptual framework of determinants of health. It provides an introduction to some of the important ideas that underlie the field of public health, aiming to give students an understanding of the causes of health, rather than just the effects of health status in society.
Tabbner's Nursing Care
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See "Unit 3 - Health beliefs, cultural diversity and safety"
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