Nursing Students General Students
Published Mar 2, 2005
sarah123
10 Posts
Hello,
I am working on a paper re. Cultural Competency and Sensitivity in Health Care and was wondering if any of you have come across such texts [related texts/material] under the "Nursing School" umbrella that you felt were particularly effective. And if so, what those titles are/were.
Thanks so much,
Sarah
Mission
240 Posts
I'm not sure about specific texts, the than "The spirit catches you and you fall down", but the National Center for Cultural Competence probably has resouces listed. This is the url http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/nccc/
Altra, BSN, RN
6,255 Posts
We used the following book for my sociology class:
Medicine & Culture ISBN #0-8050-4803-0
It's a little old (1988) but it's a very interesting comparison of cultural factors that produce differences in attitudes and actual medical practice in technologically similar countries - the U.S., France, Germany & the U.K.
I enjoyed it a lot.
LauraLou
532 Posts
We use Mosby's Cultural Health Assessment, which gives social, cultural and health practices information about each country.
Thanks so much.
This will help!
manna, BSN, RN
2,038 Posts
We have a class entitled "Sociocultural Responsibility in a Global Society."
The book we use is VERY thorough, and it's called "Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness" by Rachel Spector.