Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness

by Rachel E. Spector

Edition:

4th

ISBN13:

9780838514832

ISBN10:

0838514839

Format:

Paperback

Pub. Date:

1/1/1996

Publisher(s):

Appleton & Lange

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The sixth edition of this well-respected book continues to promote an awareness of the dimensions and complexities involved in caring for people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Completely revised and updated, it includes the latest information on the health care delivery system in a new organizational format. It examines the differences existing within North America by probing the health care system and consumers, and examples of traditional health beliefs and practices among selected populations. An emphasis on the influences of recent social, political, and demographic changes helps to explore the issues and perceptions of health and illness today. Book jacket.

Preface	p. XI
Acknowledgments	p. XVII
Cultural Foundations	p. 1
Cultural Heritage and History	p. 3
National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care	p. 5
CulturalCare	p. 8
Heritage Consistency	p. 8
Acculturation Themes	p. 16
Ethnocultural Life Trajectories	p. 18
Commingling Variables	p. 20
Cultural Conflict	p. 21
Cultural Phenomena Affecting Health	p. 22
Diversity	p. 29
Population: Census 2000	p. 30
Immigration	p. 34
Poverty	p. 41
Health and Illness	p. 47
Health	p. 48
Illness	p. 60
Health Domains	p. 69
Health Traditions	p. 73
Health and Illness	p. 75
Health Traditions Model	p. 75
Health Protection	p. 79
Health/Health Care Choices	p. 85
Folk Medicine	p. 86
Health/Health Care Philosophies	p. 89
Healing Traditions	p. 101
Healing	p. 102
Ancient Forms of Healing	p. 103
Religion and Healing	p. 104
Healing and Today's Beliefs	p. 110
Ancient Rituals Related to the Life Cycle	p. 118
Familial Health Traditions	p. 139
Familial Health/Health Traditions	p. 140
Consciousness Raising	p. 151
Health Care Delivery and Issues	p. 157
Trends in Development of the Health Care System	p. 166
Health Care Reform	p. 171
Common Problems in Health Care Delivery	p. 172
Pathways to Health Services	p. 176
Medicine as an Institution of Social Control	p. 177
The Health Care Provider's Culture	p. 180
Health and Illness Panoramas	p. 183
Health and Illness in the American Indian and Alaska Native Population	p. 185
Background	p. 186
Traditional Definitions of Health and Illness	p. 188
Traditional Methods of Healing	p. 190
Current Health Care Problems	p. 195
The Indian Health Service	p. 201
Health and Illness in the Asian Population	p. 209
Background	p. 211
Traditional Definitions of Health and Illness	p. 212
Traditional Methods of Health Maintenance and Protection	p. 217
Traditional Methods of Health Restoration	p. 218
Current Health Problems	p. 223
Health and Illness in the Black Population	p. 231
Background	p. 233
Traditional Definitions of Health and Illness	p. 236
Traditional Methods of Health Maintenance and Protection	p. 236
Traditional Methods of Health Restoration	p. 237
Current Health Problems	p. 243
Health and Illness in the Hispanic Population	p. 253
Background	p. 254
Mexicans	p. 256
Puerto Ricans	p. 268
Health and Illness in the White Population	p. 279
Background	p. 280
Italian Americans	p. 283
German Americans	p. 286
Polish Americans	p. 290
Epilogue	p. 301
Selected Key Terms Related to Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness	p. 309
Suggested Course Outline	p. 315
Suggested Course Activities	p. 319
Heritage Assessment Tool	p. 321
Quick Guide for CulturalCare	p. 325
Data Resources	p. 327
Networks: Selected Health-Related Organizations	p. 333
Folklife Centers	p. 341
Bibliography	p. 343
Index	p. 365
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