Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness: International Edition

The seventh 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, it examines the differences existing within North America by probing the health care system and consumers, and examples of traditional health beliefs and practices among selected populations. An emphasis on the influences of recent social, political, and demographic changes helps to explore the issues and perceptions of health and illness today. An essential for any health-care professional, this book sets the standard for cultural perspectives.

Table of Contents:
PREFACE A WORD ABOUT HEALTH UNIT I CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS CHAPTER 1 Cultural Heritage and History National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in CULTURALCARE Heritage Consistency Acculturation Themes Ethnocultural Life Trajectories Commingling Variables Cultural Conflict Cultural Phenomena Affecting Health CHAPTER 2 Diversity Census 2000 Immigration Poverty CHAPTER 3 Health and Illness Health Illness UNIT II HEALTH DOMAINS CHAPTER 4 Health Traditions HEALTH and ILLNESS HEALTH Traditions Model HEALTH Protection Health/HEALTH Care Choices Folk Medicine Health/HEALTH Care Philosophies CHAPTER 5 Healing Traditions HEALING Ancient Forms of HEALING Religion and HEALING HEALING and Today’s Beliefs Ancient Rituals Related to the Life Cycle CHAPTER 6 Familial Health Traditions Familial Health/HEALTH Traditions Consciousness Raising CHAPTER 7 Health Care Delivery and Issues The Health Care Provider’s Culture Health Care Costs Trends in Development of the Health Care System Common Problems in Health Care Delivery Pathways to Health Services Barriers to Health Care Medicine as an Institution of Social Control UNIT III HEALTH AND ILLNESS PANORAMAS CHAPTER8 HEALTH and ILLNESS in the American Indian and Alaska Native Population Background Traditional Definitions of HEALTH and ILLNESS Traditional Methods of HEALING Current Health Care Problems The Indian Health Service CHAPTER9 HEALTH and ILLNESS in the Asian Populations Background Traditional Definitions of HEALTH and ILLNESS Traditional Methods of HEALTH Maintenance and Protection Traditional Methods of HEALTH Restoration Current Health Problems CHAPTER 10 HEALTH and ILLNESS in the Black Population Background Traditional Definitions of HEALTH and ILLNESS Traditional Methods of HEALTH Maintenance and Protection Traditional Methods of HEALTH Restoration Current Health Problems CHAPTER 11 HEALTH and ILLNESS in the Hispanic Populations Background Mexicans Puerto Ricans CHAPTER 12 HEALTH and ILLNESS in the White Populations Background German Americans Italian Americans Polish Americans EPILOGUE APPENDIX A Selected Key Terms Related to Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness APPENDIX B Calendar: Religious Holidays That Change Dates APPENDIX C Suggested Course Outline APPENDIX D Suggested Course Activity–Urban Hiking APPENDIX E Heritage Assessment Tool APPENDIX F Quick Guide for CULTURALCARE APPENDIX G Data Resources BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

About the Author :
Dr. Rachel E. Spector has been a student of culturally diverse HEALTH and ILLNESS beliefs and practices for 35 years and has researched and taught courses on culture and HEALTH care for the same time span. Dr. Spector has had the opportunity to work in many different communities, including the American Indian and Hispanic communities in Boston, Massachusetts. Her studies have taken her to many places: most of the United States, Canada, and Mexico; several European countries, including Denmark, England, Finland, Iceland, Italy, France, Russia, Spain, and Switzerland; Israel and Pakistan; and Australia and New Zealand. She was fortunate enough to collect traditional amulets and remedies from many of these diverse communities and to meet practitioners of traditional HEALTH care in several places. She was instrumental in the creation and presentation of the exhibit “Immigrant HEALTH Traditions” at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, May 1994 through January 1995. She and has exhibited HEALTH-related objects in several other settings. Recently, she served as a Colaboradora Honorifica (Honorary Collaborator) in the University of Alicante in Alicante, Spain, and Tamulipus, Mexico. In 2006, she was a Lady Davis Fellow in the Henrietta Zold-Hadassah Hebrew University School of Nursing in Jerusalem, Israel. This text was translated into Spanish by Maria Munoz and published in Madrid by Prentice Hall as Las Culturas de la SALUD in 2003. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and a Scholar in Transcultural Nursing Society. The Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, the state organization of the American Nurses’ Association, honored her as a “Living Legend” in 2007. In 2008 she was recognized by the American Nurses’ Association for her work in Human Rights.