The Health Care Professional's Guide to Cultural Competence, 2nd Edition
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Rani Hajela Srivastava
Build the skills you need to understand and care for a wide diversity of patients! The Health Care Professional’s Guide to Cultural Competence, 2nd Edition provides a guide to safe and effective cross-cultural care. Applying theory to practice, the ...view more
Build the skills you need to understand and care for a wide diversity of patients! The Health Care Professional’s Guide to Cultural Competence, 2nd Edition provides a guide to safe and effective cross-cultural care. Applying theory to practice, the book begins with an overview of clinical cultural competence. This guide shows how to apply cultural competence across diverse populations, and then discusses considerations in working with specific populations. Using this approach, you will develop a set of behaviours, attitudes, and policies that help you work effectively in many settings. From an expert team of authors led by Rani H. Srivastava, this guide will enhance your care of Indigenous, LGBTQ2, racialized persons, and immigrant and refugee populations.
Build the skills you need to understand and care for a wide diversity of patients! The Health Care Professional’s Guide to Cultural Competence, 2nd Edition provides a guide to safe and effective cross-cultural care. Applying theory to practice, the book begins with an overview of clinical cultural competence. This guide shows how to apply cultural competence across diverse populations, and then discusses considerations in working with specific populations. Using this approach, you will develop a set of behaviours, attitudes, and policies that help you work effectively in many settings. From an expert team of authors led by Rani H. Srivastava, this guide will enhance your care of Indigenous, LGBTQ2, racialized persons, and immigrant and refugee populations.
New to this edition
NEW! New chapters on Indigenous health, sexual and gender diversity, immigrant and refugee health, and community health
are added to this edition, and new topics include cultural safety, cultural humility, the impacts of racism, working with interpreters and the use of technology, palliative care, and more.
NEW! UNIQUE!Cultural competence and safety perspectives throughout the text help you to be more responsive in delivering culturally safe care, and in reaching the goal of equity and culturally competent care.
NEW! Discussionof cultural issues addresses power, privilege, intersectionality, equity, advocacy, and being an ally.
NEW! Up-to-date content includes the latest statistics, guidelines, research, references, and resources.
NEW! Evolve website enhances your understanding with review questions, unfolding case studies, and more.
Key Features
UNIQUE approach
looks at populations the way health care workers encounter them, not by ethno-cultural/religious labels.
Accessible writing style relays information in a balanced and concise manner for undergraduate and graduate students as well as health care professionals.
Multidisciplinary perspective is provided by authors who represent a variety of health disciplines and cultural identities, who may be educators or practitioners, each presenting complex ideas in understandable ways and controversial ideas in a transparent way.
Cultural Considerations in Care and Cultural Competence in Action boxes integrate theory into practice and invite critical self-reflection.
Teaching and learning tools include learning objectives and key terms at the beginning of each chapter, plus end-of-chapter group activities, review questions, and more.
Author Information
By Rani Hajela Srivastava, RN, MScN, PhD, Dean, School of Nursing, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia; former Chief of Nursing and Professional Practice, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Assistant Professor, Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, Associate member, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto and Adjunct Professor, York University Faculty of Health and Dalhousie University School of Nursing
SECTION I Foundation Stones 1 Cultural Competence in Health Care: Overview of Issues 2 Myths, Misconceptions, and Evolving Perspectives 3 The Culture Care Framework 4 Navigating Difference SECTION II Universally Applicable Cultural Knowledge 5 Cross-Cultural Communication 6 Working With Interpreters in Health Care Settings 7 Caring for Diverse Families 8 Healing Systems and Traditions 9 Cultural Safety for Indigenous Health Equity 10 Sexual and Gender Diversity 11 Immigrant and Refugee Health SECTION III Specific Cultural Considerations 12 Cultural Considerations at the Beginning of Life (The Perinatal Period) 13 Cultural Considerations at the End of Life 14 Cultural Considerations in Mental Health Practice 15 Cultural Considerations in Pain Management 16 The Impact of Social and Structural Determinants on Community Health: A Focus on the African Nova Scotian Experience GLOSSARY INDEX
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