Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities

Author: David Satcher, Rubens J. Pamies
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 577
ISBN: 9780071436809
Language: English
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical
Release Date: October 01, 2005
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An essential guide to clinical issues encountered during management of patients of varied cultural and economic backgrounds
This essential text assists health care students and practitioners in delivering skilled and appropriate care to all patients, no matter their ethnicity, country of origin, cultural history, or access to services. Presenting need-to-know and often hard to find information on differences in access to heath care, immunization histories, disease prevalence, attitudes about health and provision of care, and much more, this resource provides practical, authoritative, and specific guidance.