(Ebook) Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach (Transcultural Healthcare (Purnell)) by Betty J. Paulanka ISBN 9780803610576, 0803610572

(Ebook) Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach (Transcultural Healthcare (Purnell)) by Betty J. Paulanka ISBN 9780803610576, 0803610572

Transcultural nursing is a difficult topic to describe and teach. The authors of this focused book are experts in transcultural nursing, and they have revised the only tool your students will need to understand the topic of transcultural nursing. Now students, more sensitive to and appreciative of cultural variations, can provide culturally competent care. With a sensitivity to generalizations, the book uses a 12-step domains model for examining any culture from a health care perspective. This comprehensive text works well as a reference and for comparing the domains across cultures. System requirements: Windows 9x, NT, 2000, ME, and XP operating systems. WHAT'S NEW NEW FEATURES Expansion of primary and secondary characteristics of culture Additional information on the dominant American culture New chapter on teaching culture for various levels of students and staff KEY FEATURES The foundation of the book is a 12-step organizational structure in table format for examining any culture from a health care perspective: inhabited localities, topography, and overview; biocultural ecology; high-risk behaviors; communications; nutrition; family goals and organization; pregnancy and childbearing practices; health care practices; spirituality; health care practitioners; death rituals; workforce issues Covers 21 ethnic and cultural groups in North America in the book and 6 more on a CD-ROM packaged with the book, for a total of 27 groups covered Presented in table format, the organizing framework provides coherence for the culture-specific chapters and teaches students how to perform cultural assessments Written by well-known experts in transcultural nursing Case studies and study questions appear in each culture-specific chapter The flexibility of the organizing framework makes it ideal for both classroom and clinical use.