Geri-Ann Galanti provides over 300 case studies and examples of what can go wrong in healthcare when cultural conflicts arise… and suggestions on how to make it right. Now in its 5th edition, Caring for Patients from Different Cultures is the definitive book for understanding these cultural differences.
The new edition includes a chapter on improving patient adherence, and another chapter on the actual changes various hospitals have made to accommodate cultural differences. Caring for Patients from Different Cultures continues to provides healthcare workers with a frame of reference for understanding cultural differences and sound alternatives for providing the best possible care to multicultural communities. It is a fun and informative guide to cultural competence.
NEW 3rd Edition! Also available as a mobile app.
Cultural and Religious Sensitivity: A Pocket Guide for Health Care Professionals, Third, Expanded Edition provides all healthcare workers with an ‘on-the-go’ quick reference pocket guide for understanding cultural differences.
Caring for Patients from Different Cultures, 5th Edition
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Table of Contents
1. Basic Concepts
2. Communication and Time Orientation
3. Pain
4. Religion and Spirituality
5. Activities of Daily Living and the Body
6. Family
7. Men and Women
8. Staff Relations
9. Birth
10. End of Life
11. Mental Health
12. Traditional Medicine: Practices and Perspectives
13. Improving Adherence
14. Making a DifferenceAppendix 1: Cultural Profiles
Appendix 2: Selected Religions
Appendix 3: Do’s and Don’t’s of Providing Culturally Competent Care
Appendix 4: Tips for Working with Interpreters
Appendix 5: Summary of Case Studies
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“An excellent book for those interested in providing culturally responsive and effective care to our nation’s increasingly diverse population.”
“Large urban hospitals are chaotic places, and cultural misunderstandings do not enhance the care given in them. Galanti not only reports these cases but offers insightful ways of handling the problems they illustrate.”
“A must-read book for any healthcare professional…It should be in every hospital library.”
“This is the best book I’ve read on this subject, and I’ve read a few. Galanti writes with the clarity and simplicity of someone who knows her subject well, and she illustrates her points about cultural misunderstandings that impact health care with the fascinating true experiences of medical professionals. An extremely valuable and interesting book that holds the reader’s attention from beginning to end! A fascinating read! ”
“My students loved the real life situations in this book! I recommend that teachers use this to incorporate multiculturalism in a very meaningful way in biology classes, and welcome ideas about how others use it. The way I did it was to present the problem, have students brainstorm what they might do, and then reveal the resolution (or lack of one) from the book. I am so glad I found this while browsing the medical section. You are not likely to find a used copy for sale because the stories are so interesting to everyone.”