Aphrodite Papadakis

Encouraging readers to understand themselves as well as others, the 3rd edition of Culture in Clinical Care provides a holistic, ethnographically informed introduction to the role of culture within health care settings. The book begins by discussing what culture means and how it is acquired, as well as distinguishing the cultural from the social. It then examines how cultural values, beliefs, and practices affect both clients and providers in an array of health care contexts, including hospital-based, community-based, emergency, and preventive settings. Moving beyond typical fact-centered and attitude-centered approaches to understanding culture, the book emphasizes the complexities of cultural identity, exploring how cultural interactions across individuals, groups, and organizations develop and change over time. International case studies and other interactive exercises are featured throughout, enabling readers to build a robust cultural competence as well as informing instructional strategies. Aimed at students and health care professionals across a range of disciplines, including medicine, allied health and public health, this is an essential book to foster both mutual understanding and self-knowledge to help improve patient care and communication. Included with the text are updated online supplemental materials for faculty use, available at: www.routledge.com/9781041147268

Encouraging readers to understand themselves as well as others, the 3rd edition of Culture in Clinical Care provides a holistic, ethnographically informed introduction to the role of culture within health care settings. The book begins by discussing what culture means and how it is acquired, as well as distinguishing the cultural from the social. It then examines how cultural values, beliefs, and practices affect both clients and providers in an array of health care contexts, including hospital-based, community-based, emergency, and preventive settings. Moving beyond typical fact-centered and attitude-centered approaches to understanding culture, the book emphasizes the complexities of cultural identity, exploring how cultural interactions across individuals, groups, and organizations develop and change over time. International case studies and other interactive exercises are featured throughout, enabling readers to build a robust cultural competence as well as informing instructional strategies. Aimed at students and health care professionals across a range of disciplines, including medicine, allied health and public health, this is an essential book to foster both mutual understanding and self-knowledge to help improve patient care and communication. Included with the text are updated online supplemental materials for faculty use, available at: www.routledge.com/9781041147268

Culture in Clinical Care: Strategies for Competence explores theory and practice to define and describe the multidimensional nature of culture and its interaction with an individual’s experience in the development of beliefs, values, and behavior. The newly updated Second Edition examines cultural beliefs related to health and wellness and how these beliefs and their associated actions affect intervention strategies. Based on ethnographic methods, strategies for culturally sensitive assessment and intervention are defined and illustrated, with ample opportunities for reflection and practice. Going beyond traditional fact-centered and attitude-centered approaches, Culture in Clinical Care, Second Edition describes the ways in which culture emerges as individuals interact with each other in physical and social environments. This one-of-a-kind text by Dr. Bette Bonder and Dr. Laura Martin provides health care practitioners and students with chapter objectives, critical thinking questions, interdisciplinary case studies and examples, numerous activities to build observation and interaction skills, comprehensive references and online resources, and images. The book’s organization emphasizes practice and reflection by interweaving theory, examples, and continuous hands-on application of concepts. Readers have the opportunity to practice what they are learning and evaluate their own effectiveness while being constantly reminded that all individuals in any interaction embody numerous cultural influences. Benefits of the updated Second Edition:Training and practice in ethnographic methods that build awareness and skillNumerous examples, exercises, and activities for reflection and observationInterdisciplinary approach suitable for cross-disciplinary teaching contextsDefinition of health care professions themselves as culturesWeb and bibliographic resourcesCase studies involving a wide range of practitioner disciplines and cultural groupsCulture in Clinical Care: Strategies for Competence, Second Edition fills a niche in health professions programs because of its combined emphasis on a theoretical foundation that highlights the individual as a cultural actor and on practical strategies and methods for clinical interventions. Instructors in educational settings can visit www.efacultylounge.com for additional material to be used in the classroom, including a sample syllabus. Occupational therapists, physicians, physician assistants, mental health professionals, and a variety of related health professionals will benefit from this interactive, interdisciplinary text.

Culture in Clinical Care: Strategies for Competence explores theory and practice to define and describe the multidimensional nature of culture and its interaction with an individual’s experience in the development of beliefs, values, and behavior. The newly updated Second Edition examines cultural beliefs related to health and wellness and how these beliefs and their associated actions affect intervention strategies. Based on ethnographic methods, strategies for culturally sensitive assessment and intervention are defined and illustrated, with ample opportunities for reflection and practice. Going beyond traditional fact-centered and attitude-centered approaches, Culture in Clinical Care, Second Edition describes the ways in which culture emerges as individuals interact with each other in physical and social environments. This one-of-a-kind text by Dr. Bette Bonder and Dr. Laura Martin provides health care practitioners and students with chapter objectives, critical thinking questions, interdisciplinary case studies and examples, numerous activities to build observation and interaction skills, comprehensive references and online resources, and images. The book’s organization emphasizes practice and reflection by interweaving theory, examples, and continuous hands-on application of concepts. Readers have the opportunity to practice what they are learning and evaluate their own effectiveness while being constantly reminded that all individuals in any interaction embody numerous cultural influences. Benefits of the updated Second Edition:Training and practice in ethnographic methods that build awareness and skillNumerous examples, exercises, and activities for reflection and observationInterdisciplinary approach suitable for cross-disciplinary teaching contextsDefinition of health care professions themselves as culturesWeb and bibliographic resourcesCase studies involving a wide range of practitioner disciplines and cultural groupsCulture in Clinical Care: Strategies for Competence, Second Edition fills a niche in health professions programs because of its combined emphasis on a theoretical foundation that highlights the individual as a cultural actor and on practical strategies and methods for clinical interventions. Instructors in educational settings can visit www.efacultylounge.com for additional material to be used in the classroom, including a sample syllabus. Occupational therapists, physicians, physician assistants, mental health professionals, and a variety of related health professionals will benefit from this interactive, interdisciplinary text.