Interprofessional Practice with Diverse Populations: Cases in Point

Concepts such as cultural competence, multicultural practice, and ethnosensitivity have taken root in the literature. At the same time, concepts such as cross-disciplinary, transdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and interprofessional practice have been articulated. Although these two trends coexist in print, the literature in the various helping professions does not address whether and how the issues of client diversity and interprofessional practice can come together in productive and better informed ways. The present book promises to close this gap and offer health care professionals theoretically grounded examples of best practices. The range of diversity includes Native American, Taiwanese, Portuguese, African-American, Algerian, Irish, South Asian, and gay clients.

Table of Contents:
Preface Developing a Framework for Interprofessional and Diversity Informed Practice by Esther Geva, Allan Barsky, and Fern Westernoff Speech-Language Pathologist and Interprofessional Management of Adult Cognitive-Linguistic Deficits: The Case of an African American Woman with Traumatic Brain Injury by Joyce L. Harris, Constance Dean Qualls, Cheryl L. Harris, and David G. Harris The Too Quiet Adolescent: An Interprofessional, Diversity Informed Approach to Health Care by Miriam F. Rossi, Les Fleischer, Joseph Feldmann, and Carmelina Losaria Barwick Crisis Intervention with a Gay Irish-American Man: Social Work and Interprofessional Responses by Allan E. Barsky, Stephen A. Barsky, and Alain Laverdiere Educational Issues with a Vietnamese-Canadian Child by Fern Westernoff, Solveig Nilssen Lalla, and Vicki Bismilla Nursing Practice on an Interprofessional Team: The Case of a Deaf Taiwanese Youth by Carolyn Graves, Marilyn Noort, Conrad Bowden, and Anton Miller Theft by a Cree Woman: Victim-Offender Mediation versus Healing Circle by Roy Bear Chief, Allan E. Barsky, and David Este Psychiatric and Interprofessional, Intercultural Practice: The Case of an Algerian Adolescent with Antisocial Behavior by Carlo Sterlin, Ghislaine Legendre, and Assia Kada Neuropsychological and Interprofessional Practice with a Student with Epilepsy by Tom Humphries, Debra Greenberg, Fiona James, Rose Anne Coleman MacKay, Janis Oram, and Jay Rosenfield Conclusion by Allan Barsky, Esther Geva, and Fern Westernoff Glossary Index

About the Author :
ESTHER GEVA is Associate Professor, Human Development and Applied Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto./e ALLAN BARSKY is a Family Mediator in private practice and an Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary./e FERN WESTERNOFF is a speech-language pathologist in clinical practice, and an Assistant Professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto./e