Transcultural nursing : assessment and intervention

Giger, Joyce Newman, (editor.). Haddad, Linda G., (editor.).

Summary: "'Transcultural Nursing: Assessment and Intervention' shows how to apply assessment and intervention strategies to individuals from a variety of different cultures. This text helps you provide culturally sensitive care with the use of six key aspects of cultural assessment: communication, time, space, social organization, environmental control, and biologic variations" -- From publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780323695541
ISBN: 032369554X
Physical Description: print
xiii, 721 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: Eighth edition.
Publisher: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 1: Framework for cultural assessment. Introduction to transcultural nursing ; Communication ; Space ; Social organization ; Time ; Environmental control ; Biological variations. -- Part 2: Application of assessment and intervention techniques to specific cultural groups. African-Americans ; Mexican Americans ; Navajos (Diné) ; Appalachians ; American Eskimos: the Yup'ik and Inupiat ; Japanese Americans ; Afghans and Afghan Americans ; Russian Americans ; Chinese Americans ; Filipino Americans ; Vietnamese Americans ; East Indian Hindu Americans ; Haitian Americans ; Jewish Americans ; Korean Americans ; French Canadians of Québec origin ; Puerto Ricans ; Nigerian Americans ; Ugandan Americans ; Jordanian Americans ; Cuban Americans ; Amish Americans ; Irish Americans.