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Suggested Resources on Cutural Competency in Health Care

Articles:

Berlin EA, Fowkes WC. A teaching framework for cross-cultural health care. The Western Journal of Medicine. 1983;139:934-938.

Carrillo JE, Green AR, Betancourt JR. Cross-cultural primary care: a patient-based approach. Annals of Internal Medicine 1999;130:829-834.

Culhane-Pera KA, Reif C, Egli E, Bake NJ, Kassekert R. A curriculum for multicultural education in family medicine. Family Medicine 1997;29(10):719-723.

Fishman BM, Bobo L, Kosub K, Womdeodu RJ. Cultural issues in serving minority populations: emphasis on Mexican Americans and African Americas. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences 1993;306:160-166.

Kleinman A, Eisenberg L, Good B. Culture, illness and care. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1978;88:251-258.

Like RC, Steiner RP, Rubel AJ. Recommended core curriculum guidelines on culturally sensitive and competent health care. Family Medicine 1996;27:291-297.

Loudon RF, Anderson PM, Singh P, Greenfield SM. Educating medical students for work in culturally diverse societies. Journal of the American Medical Association 1999;282:875-880.

Pachter LM. Culture and clinical care folk illness beliefs and behaviors and their implications for health care delivery. The Journal of the American Medical Association. 1994;271:690-694.

Shapiro J, Lenahan P. Family medicine in a culturally diverse world: a solution-oriented approach to common cross-cultural problems in medical encounters. Family Medicine 1996;28:249-255.


Monographs:

Anand R. Cultural Competency in Health Care. A Guide for Trainers. Second Edition. Washington, DC: National Multicultural Institute, 1999.

Fadiman A. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1997.
Helman C G. Culture, Health and Illness. London, England: Wright. 1990.

Kavanagh KH and Kennedy PH. Promoting Cultural Diversity: Strategies for Health Care Professionals. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. 1992

Kleinman A. Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1980.

Lecca PJ, Quervalu I, Nunes JV and Gonzales HF. Cultural Competency in Health, Social and Human Services: Directions for the Twenty-First Century. New York: Garland Publishing. 1998.

Mutha S, Allen C, Welch M. Toward Culturally Competent Care A Toolbox for Teaching Communication Strategies. Center for the Health Professions, UCSF. Order on the web at:
http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/cnetwork/resources/curricula/diversity.html

Payer L. Medicine & Culture Varieties of Treatment in the United States, England, West Germany, and France. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1998.

Salimbone S. What Language Does Your Patient Hurt In?: A Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Patient Care. Amherst, MA: Amherst Educational Publishing, 1997


On-line Resources:

The Cross Cultural Health Care Program
http://www.xculture.org

DiversityRx.org
http://www.diversityrx.org

EthnoMed Home Page
http://ethnomed.org

Georgetown University Child Development Center - National Center for
Cultural Competence
http://www.georgetown.edu/research/gucdc/nccc

Multicultural Resources
http://www.union.edu/PUBLIC/LIBRARY/guide/mcmenu.html

MUSC Interpreter Services
http://www.musc.edu/caremanagement/InterpreterServices.htm

National Multicultural Institute
http://www.nmci.org

Office of Minority Health Resources, Public Health Service, US
Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.omhrc.gov

The Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture
http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=provider&language=English

Transcultural Care Associates
http://www.transculturalcare.net

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