Main description:

Spirituality, economics, politics, and kinship are among the cultural factors considered in this guide to transcultural nursing, an area of healthcare that incorporates the values, beliefs, and lifestyle choices of a patient in order to provide culturally congruent, competent, and compassionate care.

Contents:

Historical perspective; metatheoretical and theoretical perspectives; cultural competent; becoming multiculturally aware; anthropological principles underlying health care; health care for people of different faiths; foundations of intercultural communication; the anthropology of health; principles of cultural assessment; multicultural education; cultural issues in health-services management; transcultural ethics; researching cultural issues in health care.