Pocket Guide to Cultural Assessment [Paperback]

Elaine Marie Geissler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1994 | ISBN-10: 0801667526 | ISBN-13: 978-0801667527

"Pocket Guide to Cultural Assessmet" places all the essential information for patients of unfamiliar culture. This handy reference is designed to prepare the nurse for the potential variations a culturally diverse patient can exhibit. The dominant culture of 166 countries is documented. Valuable information on location and topography is given, in addition to the following essential data: major language, health care beliefs, ethnic or racial specific diseases, health team relationships, families' role in caring for their sick, birth and death rites, food practices and intolerance, national childhood immunisations, and more. The pocket size makes it portable, and its alphabetical organisation makes information easy to retrieve.

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Book Description

This handy guide presents practical, concise information that could impact patient and family care --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Elaine Geissler, PhD, RN, CTN --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Mosby-Year Book (January 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801667526
• ISBN-13: 978-0801667527
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,618,050 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #72 in Books > Medical Books > Nursing > Nurse-Patient Relations

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a very useful Resource, January 15, 1999

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This review is from: Pocket Guide to Cultural Assessment (Paperback)

I bought this book in hopes to provide me with useful information, to use in my work at a pediatrics clinic, we are in a very diverse neighborhood. It covers every possible nationality, with brief, very discript information, in an easy to look up format, I've brought it to work to share, and my co-workers, physicians, nurses and others are finding the information facinating as well as providing us with insights to the other cultures that we work with day to day.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cultural Health Assessment - review, March 18, 2004

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Fr. Gary Andersen (Parkland, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pocket Guide to Cultural Assessment (Paperback)

This is an extremely comprehensive resource and I believe it should be in all reference libraries pertaining to pastoral care and hospital ministry. Organized by country, this handbook is an easy to use quick reference for the health care worker to access his/her patient's needs. The authors place emphases that the book is not to stereotype individuals or groups but to aid in the understanding of the cultural norms commonly attributed to them.

I was impressed that the book has broken down each country into; major languages, ethnic groups and major religions. It explains health care beliefs, eye contact and touch practices as well as birth and death rites and practices. Ethnic and race specific endemic diseases are categorized for each country. A simple search in this book before a healthcare worker encounters any new or unfamiliar patient will certainly aid in the evaluation of that patient.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST for healthcare professionals!, November 8, 2003

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Neil J. Hajba "neil_in_la" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pocket Guide to Cultural Assessment (Paperback)

This little book is a true gem!!! Written in a very user friendly format that any healthcare practioner or provider would be sure to appreciate!

The book is sorted by country in alphabetical order. Within each country section, there are numerous breakdowns as appropriate. Such subdivisions include: Map, Location, Major Languages, Ethnic Groups, Religions, Predominant Sick Care Practices, Healthcare Beliefs, Ethnic/Race Specific or Endemic Diseases, Families' Role in Healthcare, Dominance Patterns, Touch Practices, Perceptions of Time, Food Practies and Interances, National Childhood Immunizations, Death and Burial Practices, Rites and Rituals, etc....

Compact size, soft cover, and expansive data all make this book a necessity to any healthcare organizational library.