This book explores the influence of race and gender on the health status of a diverse group of nonwhite women in the United States. The final chapter considers the potential adverse effects of managed competition on the services provided to women of color and encourages the development of new paradigms that will improve the delivery of health services not only for women of color but for everyone. A Guide for Teachers of Nursing and Health Care McGee, Paula Members of ethnic minority groups have special needs, which are being addressed by the nursing profession. This book is written with nurse educators in mind to provide some of the background information needed in teaching the skills of assessment of individual needs. Central to the text is a teaching package of quizzes, role-play and other exercises, which reflect the content of current nurse education curricula.
Topics covered include racism, cultural awareness, concepts of health and illness, communication.
This well-researched informative and referenced text will enable lecturers and teachers of nursing to explore this complex and sensitive subject with confidence. This text elaborates in great detail on what constitutes culturally appropriate care. Not only do the many chapters specifying how a particular cultural group may vary in these six areas provide rich information that heightens awareness of the special perspectives that must be taken into account in planning care, but these chapters also provide a model for looking at the experience of other populations not included in this book. This anthology is an attempt to provide a wide selection of imaginative works describing the circumstances under which African-Americans live and the values that are important to them. Readers, especially those who work daily with black patients, will benefit from the perspectives offered in this book.