Synopsis
EXPERIENCE THE SURPRISING POWER OF PERSONALIZED CARE! What happens when one book collects bite-sized reference information about: 20 of the world s most prevalent religious groups 20 of the widest spread cultural groups 7 of the most common disabilities and 4 distinct generations? You get a powerful guide to Personalizing Patient Care! Diversity is increasing at a rapid pace. Clinicians committed to providing the best patient care must become familiar with the key attitudes and expectations of patients whose culture, religious beliefs, generation, or level of disability differs from their own. Now there is help. Personalizing Patient Care is a valuable guide for improving a caregiver's understanding of how a patient's background may affect their needs, preferences, and expectations related to the delivery of care. What will you find inside this guide? Features Healthcare issues are presented in tabular format for quick reference with separate listings for different religions, cultures, generations, and disabilities. Issues covered include: attitudes toward blood, diet and nutrition, healing environment, pain management, end of life issues (advance directives, autopsy, care of the dead, DNR, organ donation, withholding treatment), pre- and post-natal care, including attitudes toward contraception, genetic conditions, prenatal care, choice of birth process, infant baptism/dedication, neonatal/infant death or end of life care, and termination of pregnancy. Generational differences in attitudes toward pertinent issues are presented in separate tables. Topics include: barriers to healthcare, common medical issues, communication tips, diet and nutrition, issues of new parents, issues related to death and dying An extensive bibliography is provided with more than 3,000 references, with notations in each section of every table indicating the source. With all this available at your fingertips, it s no wonder Personalizing Patient Care has become such an essential guide for physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals!
About the Author
Aurora P. Realin, MBA, SLP, CDM, was born in the Philippines. She moved with her family to Queens, NY, when Aurora was thirteen years old. In New York, she recalls, I attended public school for the first time in my life. All my life, I had grown up with people who looked and acted like me. I wasn t used to seeing different people from all walks of life. Talk about culture shock! I also noticed that most of the students gravitated toward people of their own kind, or people they liked, and they could be quite unkind to others. Most of them weren't open to other views and ways of life. By contrast, I did my best to make friends with the outcasts, partly because I thought of myself as different, so in essence I felt like we were in the same boat. Even back then I dreamt of a world where differences between people would not be an issue, where everyone - no matter who they were, or where they came from - would all get along, and the word diversity would no longer be an issue because accepting others would just be part of our everyday life. Aurora grew up in a medical family with a physician for a grandfather, a pharmacist for a grandmother, and a brain injury rehab certified registered nurse for a mother. As a result of their experiences, she developed her own passion for helping others from all walks of life, especially within the context of healthcare. She earned a BS in Communicative Disorders (Speech Language Pathology) from the University of Central Florida and an MBA, with emphasis in Healthcare Administration, from Southern Adventist University. She also holds a Certificate in Diversity Management in Healthcare (CDM) from Simmons College. Today, Aurora serves as the Manager for Diversity and Inclusion at Florida Hospital the largest admitting hospital in America where she has worked since 1998. She also serves as the Chairperson for The Beacon Network a community organization whose focus is to promote diversity and inclusion in the Central Florida community, and is also an active board member in both her church and children s school. She is married to Chris, a Police Officer First Class for the City of Orlando, and they have two sons, Christopher and Christian. Her mission in life is to accept, include, and love all people and help them to do the same for each other. She considers it truly a God-given privilege and honor to serve in her current role, which affords her the opportunity to help build relationships and further enhance the concept of inclusion at Florida Hospital and the larger community she serves.
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