Addresses the historical and national impact of healthcare and nursing on the American Indian. Useful for anyone who wants to understand how healthcare is delivered to the American Indian populations.

This newly revised edition describes Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian, Chinese, Japanese, Iranian, South Asian, and Central American ethno-cultural groups.

Cultural competence has been acknowledged as an important set of skills and mindset for working effectively with diverse patients and for reducing social disparities in healthcare.

Promotes an awareness of the dimensions and complexities involved in caring for people from diverse cultural backgrounds. An essential for any health-care professional.

A contemporary and vibrant Deaf culture is found within Deaf communities, including Deaf Persons of Color and those who are DeafDisabled and DeafBlind.

"Offers basic consumer health information about ethnicity and race, along with social determinants of health across life stages, behavioral health equity, genetic conditions, physical activity, healthcare fraud, insurance and mental-health services.

This concise, easy-to-read handbook tackles an often awkward subject in a direct, non-intimidating style.

Topics covered include examination of health and health care issues of patients or of providers of care especially those related to concerns for women and for racial and ethnic minorities in different countries.

A timely and accessible description of the new U.S. Human Development Index to contextualize the health, education, and income status of Mexican Americans relative to other population groups, emerging diseases, such as diabetes and obesity, and more.

Advocates for an evidence-based, person-centered approach to communication to increase older adult satisfaction with provider services, enhance mutual respect and understanding, improve accuracy of information exchanged, increase compliance with provider recommendations, and reduce frustration and stress.

Marilyn Ray shows us how cultures influence one another through inter-cultural relationships, technology, globalization, and mass communication, and how these influences directly shape our cultural identities in today's world.