Last
updated: May 6, 2008
NEW Field
Report: Providing Culturally Competent Care to the Homeless.
Cultural
Sensitivity booklet
now available through Joint
Commission Resources
(Click on link, then type "Cultural Sensitivity" in the Product Search
box.)
NEW Resource:Training manual for orienting foreign-born nurses to work effectively in American hospitals. Complete with activities and PowerPoint slides. For further information, see Resources page.
I've updated the Related
Links page. There are new listings under General, End
of Life and Ethnic Groups, and I've deleted 7 broken links. I've also
updated
the links on my Resume.
The articles from WJM are now all available through PubMed.
NEW:
A new article on perianesthesia nursing has been posted under Articles.
The article won a 2006 Mary Hanna Memorial Journalism Award.
Selection criteria included journalistic style, originality, clarity
of expression, relevance of content to the specialty, and overall
contribution to the collection of published nursing knowledge.
3
hour CME course on Culture
and Healthcare by Geri-Ann
Galanti and Civility
Mutual.
Look under Resources for
further info.
Resource
available to help hospitals orient foreign born nurses to American
hospital culture. Look
under Resources for
further info.
This site
is designed to introduce you to issues of diversity in health care
settings,
as well as provide information on my workshops
and book ... Caring
for Patients From Different Cultures, now in the 3rd edition.
If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear
from you.
For an overview of the contents of this website, click on the Site Map link to the left, or use the menu bar along the top to go directly to the page you want.
For information on:
Workshops, custom designed to help you and your staff achieve cultural competence, click on Workshops.
My book of case studies of cross-cultural misunderstandings, along with other books, videos, and CD-ROMS in the are of diversity & cultural competence, click on Resources.
Articles
on culture and healthcare, click on Articles.
Recommended films and resources in cultural competence, click on Resources.
Basic concepts relevant to understanding diversity in healthcare, click on Concepts.
Various ethnic groups, click on Cultural Profiles.
My background and credentials in the area of cultural diversity, click on Resume.
To access:
30 case studies of conflicts and misunderstandings in healthcare settings due to cultural differences, click on Case Studies.
Reports on culture and healthcare in other countries and in American hospitals, click on Field Reports
Links to other sites which contain useful information and bibliographies on cultural diversity and healthcare, click on Links.For a guide to all the topics contained in this web site, click on Site Map to the left.
To contact me directly, click on Contact Me to the left.
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