Caring for Patients from Different Cultures, 2/e - Softcover

Galanti, Geri-Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812216083 ISBN 13: 9780812216080

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997

Synopsis

What happens when a Cherokee patient summons a medicine man to the hospital, or when an Anglo nurse refuses to take orders from a Japanese doctor? Why do Asian patients rarely ask for pain medication, while Mediterranean patients seem to seek relief for even the slightest discomfort? Geri-Ann Galanti argues that if the goal of the American medical system is to provide optimal care for all patients, health-care providers must understand cultural differences that create conflicts and misunderstandings and that can result in inferior medical care. This new edition includes five new chapters and 172 case studies of actual conflicts that occurred in American hospitals. With new chapters on pain, dietary practices, staff relations, death and dying, and mental health, the new edition is more comprehensive and has been designed for easier use. Each case study is extensively cross-referenced in the index, and there is a comprehensive bibliography arranged by both topic and ethnic group.

About this title

About the Author:

Geri-Ann Galanti is on the faculty of the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Los Angeles, the School of Nursing at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and the Doctoring Curriculum at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Review:

"A must-read book for any healthcare professional. . . . It should be in every hospital library."—Caregiver Journal

"An excellent book for those interested in providing culturally responsive and effective care to our nation's increasingly diverse population"—Dr. Robert Like, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0812216083
• ISBN 13: 9780812216080
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 188