Transcultural Nursing : Assessment and Intervention

by Giger, Joyce Newman; Davidhizar, Ruth Elaine

• ISBN13: 9780323002875
• ISBN10: 0323002870
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

This resource addresses specific assessment and intervention strategies needed for clients from a variety of cultural backgrounds. The book provides a systematic model of nursing assessment and intervention which takes into account six cultural phenomena: communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control, and biological variations. The model then serves as the organizing framework for the rest of the book. * Features Giger and Davidhizar's Transcultural Assessment Model, with a full chapter devoted to each of the six aspects of cultural assessment, to help the reader apply this model to any client of any culture. * Presents critical thinking questions at the end of each chapter to help students apply the assessment framework in practice. * Includes an expansion of the spiritual component throughout, with an emphasis on various religions. * Offers clarification of some of the biological variations for select cultural groups. * Includes most recent census information and statistics for each cultural group presented.

Author Biography

Joyce Newman Giger, EdD, RN, CS, FAAN is Professor, Graduate Studies, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, Birmingham, Alabama.

Table of Contents

Framework for Cultural Assessment and Intervention Techniques
Introduction to Transcultural Nursing	p. 3
Communication	p. 21
Space	p. 45
Social Organization	p. 65
Time	p. 93
Environmental Control	p. 115
Biological Variations	p. 129
Application of Assessment and Intervention Techniques to Specific Cultural Groups
African Americans	p. 167
Mexican Americans	p. 203
Navajos	p. 237
Appalachians	p. 259
American Eskimos	p. 279
Japanese Americans	p. 311
Irish Americans	p. 337
Russian Americans	p. 358
Chinese Americans	p. 384
Filipino Americans	p. 402
Vietnamese Americans	p. 426
East Indian Hindu Americans	p. 458
Haitian Americans	p. 482
Jewish Americans	p. 508
Korean Americans	p. 534
French Canadians of Quebec Origin	p. 550
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