Cultural Diversity in Health Care

Cultural diversity in health care: interpersonal and ethical considerations.

Cultural Diversity in Perinatal Care: Somali New Mothers’ Experiences with Health Care in Norway

Objective: To explore Somali new mothers’ experiences with the Norwegian health care system and their experienced needs during the hospital stay and the postpartum period. Methods: A qualitative design with individual semistructured interviews. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the transcripts from the interviews. Results: Ten women aged 25 to 34 years were interviewed. The women...

Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness.

The purpose of this article is to describe the theoretical models that underlie the book Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness. The book's internal structure; functional structure; conceptual relationships; scope; knowledge antecedents; applications to theory, research, and practice; and areas for further development are discussed.

Diversity in health, health care ... and WMJ.

Cultural influences on health care in Palestine.

International cancer care efforts are focusing increasingly on why cancer typically is diagnosed at later stages in the developing world. In Middle Eastern countries, cancer usually is diagnosed at a more advanced stage of disease. For example, in Palestine, 42% of cases were reported stage III and 18% were stage IV. Receiving a cancer diagnosis and seeking treatment is influenced by cultural v...