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Foundation stones. Understanding cultural competence in health care / Rani Srivastava. Culture: perspectives, myths, and misconceptions / Rani Srivastava. Culture care framework I: overview and cultural sensitivity / Rani Srivastava. Culture care framework II: cultural knowledge, resources, and bridging the gap / Rani Srivastava -- Universally applicable cultural knowledge. Cross-cultural communication / Rani Srivastava. Working with interpreters in healthcare settings / Rani Srivastava. Caring for diverse families / Salma Debs-Ivall. A working guide to illness beliefs and paths of healing / Raju Hajela -- Specific cultural considerations. The beginning of life (the perinatal period) / Nancy Watts and Claire McDonald. The end of life / Ann Pottinger, Athina Perivolaris, and David Howes. Mental health practice / Hung-Tat (Ted) Lo and Ann Pottinger. Immigrant women's health / Ilene Hyman and Sepali Guruge. Pain management / Mona Sawhney. Caring-healing and complementary therapies / Sheila M. Lewis

"This book serves as an introduction to a framework designed to develop cultural competence (a set of behaviours, attitudes and policies that allow professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations). The content, reading level, and pedagogy focuses on learning and acquiring the necessary skills to identify and deal with a diversity of cultures encountered in any health care setting. Appendices present information about particular groups, rather than by ethnicity or religion which can be very limiting. Our appendices present information by "populations" as they are clinically encountered (e.g. beginning of life / end of life etc.)" -- -- Publisher's website