The health care professional's guide to cultural competence

Srivastava, Rani, 1960- (editor.).

Summary: "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"--

Record details

ISBN: 0323790003 (Paper)
ISBN: 9780323790000 (Paper)
Physical Description: xviii, 430 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
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Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Toronto, ON : Elsevier Canada, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Previous edition, 2007.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Machine generated contents note: SECTION I Foundation Stones -- 1. Cultural Competence in Health Care: Overview of Issues / Rani H. Srivastava -- 2. Myths, Misconceptions, and Evolving Perspectives / Rani H. Srivastava -- 3. The Culture Care Framework / Rani H. Srivastava -- 4. Navigating Difference / Janet Mawhinney -- SECTION II Universally Applicable Cultural Knowledge -- 5. Cross-Cultural Communication / Rani H. Srivastava -- 6. Working With Interpreters in Health Care Settings / Rani H. Srivastava -- 7. Caring for Diverse Families / Rani H. Srivastava -- 8. Healing Systems and Traditions / Rani H. Srivastava -- 9. Cultural Safety for Indigenous Health Equity / Sonya L. Jakubec -- 10. Sexual and Gender Diversity / Julia Chronopoulos -- 11. Immigrant and Refugee Health / Branka Agic -- SECTION III Specific Cultural Considerations -- 12. Cultural Considerations at the Beginning of Life (The Perinatal Period) / Paige Leslie -- 13. Cultural Considerations at the End of Life / Robert Edralin -- 14. Cultural Considerations in Mental Health Practice / Stephen G. Lincoln -- 15. Cultural Considerations in Pain Management / Monakshi Sawhney -- 16. The Impact of Social and Structural Determinants on Community Health: A Focus on the African Nova Scotian Experience / Nancy MacVicar.