Transcultural nursing : assessment and intervention / edited by Joyce Newman Giger - Sixth edition. - St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, Mosby, c2013 - xiii, 720 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Introduction to transcultural nursing -- Communication -- Space -- Social organization -- Time -- Environmental control -- Biological variations -- African-Americans -- Mexican Americans -- Navajos -- Appalachians -- American Eskimos : the Yup'ik and Inupiat -- Japanese Americans -- Afghans and Afghan Americans -- Russian Americans -- Chinese Americans -- Filipino Americans -- Vietnamese Americans -- East Indian Hindu Americans -- Haitian Americans -- Jewish Americans -- Korean Americans -- French Canadians of Quebec origin -- Puerto Rican Americans -- NIgerian Americans -- Ugandan Americans -- Jordanian Americans -- Cuban Americans -- Amish Americans -- Irish Americans.

Helps you to learn to identify the six key cultural phenomena used in caring for clients from different backgrounds (communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control, and biological variations), and helps you to apply these phenomena to a variety of individuals in different cultures.

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TRANSCULTURAL NURSING

RT 86.54 .T73 2013