Doorway Thoughts: Cross Cultural Health Care for Older Adults, Volume II

Name: Doorway Thoughts: Cross Cultural Health Care for Older Adults, Volume II
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ISBN: 9780763743550

ISBN-10: 0763743550

ISBN-13: 9780763743550

Edition: 2006

Authors: A. G. S. American Geriatrics Society

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Doorway Thoughts: Cross Cultural Health Care for Older Adults addresses the role of ethnicity in health decision-making in America. This book focuses on how clinicians caring for older adults can develop an understanding of different ethnic groups in order to effectively care for their patients. Chapters in this volume address cross-cultural health care for older adults from the following groups: --Arab Americans-Cambodian Americans-Filipino Americans-Haitian Americans-Korean Americans-Pakistani Americans-Portuguese Americans-Russian Americans The key concepts discussed in this text are "doorway thoughts"-factors that the culturally competent practitioner reflects upon before walking…

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List price: $75.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC
Publication date: 5/16/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 181
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface



Cross-Cultural Health Care for Older Adults



Older Arab Americans



Accepting the Will of God



Assessing Comfort with Intervention



Older Cambodian Americans



Impact of Cambodian Life History and Health Beliefs in a Western Medical Context



Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Holes in the Family



Older Filipino Americans



Parental Love and Isolation



A Time to Care: The Whole Is More than the Sum of Its Parts



Older Haitian Americans



It's a Girl



Sometimes I'm Listening but I Can't Hear You



Older Korean Americans



Delay to Medical Care



Conflict Between East and West



Older Pakistani Americans



End-of-Life Decision Making



Too Much Information



Older Portuguese Americans



Cancer Is a Scary Word



Forever a Mother



Older Russian-Speaking Americans



Remedies from the Homeland



Do Not Talk to Me About It!


Index


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