Transcultural Health and Social Care: Development of Culturally Competent Practitioners

Front Cover
Irena Papadopoulos
Elsevier Health Sciences, May 12, 2006 - Medical - 368 pages
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It communicates current evidence-based knowledge in the area of transcultural care and meets the needs of health and social care practitioners who must change their practices to comply with national policies and the expectations of a multicultural public.
  • Provides research-based information on culturally competent care of vital importance to all health and social workers in multi-cultural communities
  • Covers issues and user groups not covered by other publications
  • Couches UK issues within a European and global perspective
 

Contents

PART
1
Cultural healthcare issues in Greece 235 Athena KalokerinouAnagnostopoulou Irena Papadopoulos
14
Migrants and refugees
45
Promoting culturally competent research
85
Transcultural healthcare issues
249
Global perspectives and cultural
263
Copyright

Other editions - View all

E-Book - Transcultural Health and Social Care: Development of Culturally ...
Irena Papadopoulos
Limited preview - 2006

Common terms and phrases

approach Arab asylum seekers Available awareness become beliefs body British Canada cancer causes challenges chapter considered countries cultural competence described discussed disease diversity drugs economic effects equality et al Ethiopian ethnic groups Europe European evidence example experience factors Finland focus Greek health and social health promotion healthcare human rights identity immigrants impact important improve increased individual inequalities influence Islamic issues Journal knowledge lack language living London majority means medicine mental health migration minority ethnic mortality Muslim needs nursing Online organizations Papadopoulos participants particularly patients person political population positive practice prevention problems professionals protection referred reflect refugees and asylum relation reported respect response result sensitivity society status suggested tion traditional transcultural nursing understand University values women workers

References to this book

About the author (2006)

Irena Papadopoulos, PhD, MA, BA, DipNEd, DipN, RN, RM, NDNCert, has been Professor for Transcultural Health and Nursing at Middlesex University for 18 years and Head of the Research Centre for Transcultural Studies in Health, which she established, for nearly 25 years. She was the chair of her school's ethics committee, and the former chair of the research team for nursing, midwifery and allied health professions. She has been working within NHS and academic sector for over 40 years. Her main research interests are culture, compassion, diversity, health inequalities, migration and new technologies in health. She has authored/co-authored eight books, over 50 book chapters, over 100 articles, research reports and knowledge transfer tools, learning units and online modules. She was founding member of a European/Japanese universities consortium, funded by EU's HORIZON 2020 and the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs, for CARESSES (Culturally Aware Robots and Environmental Sensor Systems for Elderly Support) project, the first artificially intelligent autonomous robot sensitive to people cultures.

Bibliographic information

TitleTranscultural Health and Social Care: Development of Culturally Competent Practitioners
EditorIrena Papadopoulos
Editionillustrated
PublisherElsevier Health Sciences, 2006
ISBN0443101310, 9780443101311
Length368 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Medical / Nursing / General
Medical / Nursing / Social, Ethical & Legal Issues
  
Export CitationBiBTeX EndNote RefMan