Develop the skills to understand and care for a wide variety of patients! The Healthcare Professional's Guide to Cultural Competence, 2nd Edition explains how to provide safe and effective cross-cultural care. This book puts theory into practice by beginning with an overview of clinical cultural competence. It shows how to apply cultural competence to diverse populations and discusses considerations when working with specific populations. With this approach, you will develop a set of behaviors, attitudes, and principles that will enable you to work effectively in many settings. Written by a team of authors led by Rani H. Srivastava, this guide will improve your care for Indigenous people, members of the 2ELGBTQ+I community, people of color, immigrants, and refugees.
NEW! This edition has been expanded with new chapters on Indigenous health, sexual and gender diversity, immigrant and refugee health, and community health, as well as new topics such as cultural safety, cultural humility, the impacts of racism, working with interpreters, the use of technology, and palliative care.
NEW! UNIQUE! Insights on cultural competence and safety throughout the text will enable you to provide culturally safe care and achieve your goal of delivering equitable and culturally appropriate care.
NEW! A discussion on cultural issues addresses power, privilege, intersectionality, equity, advocacy, and how to be an ally.
NEW! Up-to-date content includes the latest statistics, guidelines, research, references, and resources.
NEW! The Evolve website improves your understanding of review issues, plausible case studies, and more.
A UNIQUE approach addresses populations as healthcare workers encounter them, rather than based on ethnocultural or religious labels.
An accessible writing style conveys information in a balanced and concise manner for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as healthcare professionals.
An accessible writing style conveys information in a balanced and concise manner for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as healthcare professionals.
A multidisciplinary perspective is provided by authors who represent diverse health disciplines and cultural identities, work in education or health care delivery, and present complex ideas in an understandable way and controversial ideas transparently.
Cultural Considerations in Care and Cultural Competence in Action sidebars that link theory to practice and invite critical self-reflection.
Among the teaching and learning tools, each chapter begins with learning objectives and key terms, and each chapter ends with group activities, review questions, and more.
