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Internet Resources

EthnoMed
EthnoMed offers information about immigration, cultural norms and values, experience with Western medicine, culture- specific information and tools pertinent to the clinical encounter.
Refugee Health Profiles
Search for "Refugee Health Profile" or a specific group in the top right search box.
Profiles for Burmese, Central American, Somali refugees, and more. Describes the demographic, cultural, and health characteristics of specific population.

Library eBooks - Cultural Competence

Handbook for Culturally Competent Care
This concise, easy-to-read book tackles the potentially awkward subject of culture in a direct, non-intimidating style. It prepares all health professionals in any clinical setting to conduct thorough assessments of individual from culturally specific population groups.
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Based on the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence, it explores 26 different cultures and the issues that healthcare professionals need to be sensitive to. Each chapter offers specific instructions, guidelines, tips, intervention strategies, and approaches specific to a particular cultural population.
Caring for and Understanding Latinx Patients in Health Care Settings
This concise and instructive guide outlines the specific challenges faced by the Latinx population in US health care, and shows how healthcare professionals can support and care for this population in a way that acknowledges and understands the distinct characteristics of Latinx culture.
Clinician's Guide to LGBTQIA+ Care : Cultural Safety and Social Justice in Primary, Sexual, and Reproductive Healthcare
This unique text offers abundant examples, case studies, recommendations, and the most up-to-date guidelines available for treating LGBTQIA+ patient populations.
Cultural Sensibility in Healthcare: A Personal & Professional Guidebook
This highly practical handbook offers healthcare providers a process that encourages them to first consider their own attitudes, biases, beliefs, and prejudices through self-reflection. It challenges readers to examine cultural issues beyond just theory and to instead explore culture as it affects their professional roles.
Delivering Culturally Competent Nursing Care, Second Edition: : Working with Diverse and Vulnerable Populations
As frontline providers for diverse populations, nurses are expected to treat each patient with empathy and respect. This text addresses what it really means to be culturally competent in nursing practice.
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The content of this book is grounded in the Staircase Model, which builds upon the nurse’s own self-assessment to identify personal limitations, find strategies to improve cultural competence, and progress to the next level. This text features case scenarios that apply the process of cultural competence to different healthcare situations.
Health, Communication and Multicultural Communities : Topics on Intercultural Communication for Healthcare Professionals
This book is for students of the health sciences and medical professionals interested in communicating with migrants and foreign visitors in a healthcare setting, and those working in multicultural settings.
Patient-Centered Clinical Care for African Americans : A Concise, Evidence-Based Guide to Important Differences and Better Outcomes
This title is an easy-to-read guide outlining specific differences in communication, clinical therapies, medications, protocols, and other critical approaches to the care of African Americans.
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The book discusses a wide range of disorders impacting African Americans and takes a comprehensive and evidence-based approach to the clinical support of providers that see African American patients.
Religions, Culture and Healthcare : A Practical Handbook for Use in Healthcare Environments, 2nd Ed.
This guide provides practical and comprehensive information on each of the major faiths, providing an accessible reference for appropriate day to day care of patients in multicultural societies.
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Health professionals provide care to patients of differing religions and cultures, and knowledge of their cultural and religious background, way of life and beliefs and practices is vital to delivering sensitive and responsive care.

Library eBooks - Communication Skills

Critical Conversations in Healthcare, 2nd Ed.
Provides scripts and scenarios to facilitate better, more effective communication in healthcare settings.
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Chapters feature do's and don'ts, reflective questions, and practical tools to help you improve your on-the-job interactions.
De-Escalating Violence in Healthcare
The most beneficial method of preventing healthcare violence is de-escalation--using therapeutic communication and interventions to defuse emotional tension.
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This text provides tools and techniques to help nurses and other healthcare professionals manage aggressive behavior and foster a safer workplace.
Emotional Intelligence in Nursing: Essentials for Leadership and Practice Improvement
The first book on emotional intelligence (EI) written for nurses, this comprehensive resource demonstrates how EI skills can and should be applied to any practice setting in nursing to improve patient outcomes.
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Each chapter presents case studies which illustrate the implications of EI on key nursing challenges such as burnout, patient safety, staff retention, conflict management, ethical decision-making, quality and safety, and wellness.
Motivational Interviewing for Healthcare Professionals: A Sensible Approach, 2nd Ed.
This book identifies critical interactional dynamics to assist healthcare workers in developing a conversational “flow” with patients, enabling them to communicate with patients in a clear, concise, and sensible way.
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It provides a practical, step-by-step approach to the use of motivational interviewing skills/tools in all practice settings, that will encourage patients to make positive behavioral changes and improve patient outcomes.