Cultural diversity in health and illness
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat20224
Spector, Rachel E.
(3rd ed.)
--Norwalk, CT:
Appleton and Lange
, 1991.
- Call Number
- WA 30 S741c 1991
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WA 30 S741c 1991
- Author
- Spector, Rachel E
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Publisher
- Appleton and Lange
- Date of Publication
- 1991
- ISBN
- 0838513964
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cultural Diversity
- Cultural Characteristics
- Attitude to Health - ethnology
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Health Behavior - ethnology
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Cultural diversity in health and illness
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26296
Rachel E. Spector.
(8th ed.)
--Boston, MA:
Pearson
, c2013.
- Call Number
- WA 30 S741c 2013
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital
The eighth edition of this well-respected book continues to promote an awareness of the dimensions and complexities involved in caring for people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Completely revised and updated, CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS examines the differences existing within North America by probing the health care system and consumers, and examples of traditional health beliefs and practices among selected populations. An emphasis on the influences of recent social, politica…
- Call Number
- WA 30 S741c 2013
- Author
- Spector, Rachel E
- Responsibility
- Rachel E. Spector
- Edition
- 8th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 410 p.
- ISBN
- 9780132840064
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cultural Diversity
- Cultural Characteristics
- Cultural Competency
- Attitude to Health - ethnology
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Health Behavior - ethnology
- Abstract
- The eighth edition of this well-respected book continues to promote an awareness of the dimensions and complexities involved in caring for people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Completely revised and updated, CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS examines the differences existing within North America by probing the health care system and consumers, and examples of traditional health beliefs and practices among selected populations. An emphasis on the influences of recent social, political, and demographic changes helps to explore the issues and perceptions of health and illness today, while new introductory and capstone chapters help place material within perspective. An essential for any health-care professional, this book sets the standard for cultural perspectives and more importantly HEALTH–the balance of the person, both within one’s being–physical, mental, and spiritual–and in the outside world–natural, communal, and metaphysical. (Terms, such as HEALTH, are written this way to emphasize holistic meaning.)
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Copies
- 4
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks use
Ending nurse-to-nurse hostility : why nurses eat their young and each other
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46312
Kathleen Bartholomew.
(2nd ed.)
--Danvers, MA:
HCPro
, c2014.
- Call Number
- WY 87 B287e 2014
- Location
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Call Number
- WY 87 B287e 2014
- Author
- Bartholomew, Kathleen
- Responsibility
- Kathleen Bartholomew
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Danvers, MA
- Publisher
- HCPro
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- xiii, 253 p. : ill.
- ISBN
- 9781615692811
- 1615692819
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Hostility
- Interprofessional Relations
- Morale
- Nurses - psychology
- Nursing Staff, Hospital - organization & administration
- Workplace - psychology
- Contents
- Section one: Understanding the forces. What is horizontal hostility? -- The impact of horizontal hostility -- Exploring theory -- A root cause analysis of horizontal hostility -- Enlarging the landscape -- Section two: Best practices to eliminate horizontal hostility. Nurturing our young -- Awareness and prevention -- Managerial response -- Organizational opportunities -- Individual response.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Exploring nurses' perceptions on the use of kangaroo mother care to reduce pain during heel lance procedures
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat53344
McCord, Helen C.
Dalhousie University.
--Halifax, NS:
Dalhousie University
, 2011.
- Call Number
- WY 159 M34 2011
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Call Number
- WY 159 M34 2011
- Author
- McCord, Helen C.
- Corporate Author
- Dalhousie University
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Dalhousie University
- Date of Publication
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 137 p.
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Intensive Care, Neonatal
- Infant, Newborn
- Pain
- Notes
- Thesis (M.N.) - Dalhousie University, 2011
- Format
- Book
- Publication Type
- Academic Dissertation
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
LGBTQ cultures : what health care professionals need to know about sexual and gender diversity
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45678
Michele J. Eliason, Peggy L. Chinn.
(3rd ed.)
--Philadelphia, PA:
Wolters Kluwer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Eliason, Michele J.
- Responsibility
- Michele J. Eliason, Peggy L. Chinn
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 260 p.
- ISBN
- 9781496394606
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Culturally Competent Care
- Gender Identity
- Health Services Accessibility
- Sexual and Gender Minorities
- Specialty
- Sexual Health
- Social Medicine
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Narrative Medicine : Bridging the Gap between Evidence-Based Care and Medical Humanities
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39866
Maria Giulia Marini.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book examines all aspects of narrative medicine and its value in ensuring that, in an age of evidence-based medicine defined by clinical trials, numbers, and probabilities, clinical science is firmly embedded in the medical humanities in order to foster the understanding of clinical cases and the delivery of excellent patient care. The medical humanities address what happens to us when we are affected by a disease and narrative medicine is an interdisciplinary approach that emphasizes the …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Marini, Maria Giulia
- Responsibility
- Maria Giulia Marini
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 150 p. : 1 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319220901
- 9783319220895 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Narration
- Patient-Centered Care
- Professional-Patient Relations
- Abstract
- This book examines all aspects of narrative medicine and its value in ensuring that, in an age of evidence-based medicine defined by clinical trials, numbers, and probabilities, clinical science is firmly embedded in the medical humanities in order to foster the understanding of clinical cases and the delivery of excellent patient care. The medical humanities address what happens to us when we are affected by a disease and narrative medicine is an interdisciplinary approach that emphasizes the importance of patient narratives in bridging various divides, including those between health care professionals and patients. The book covers the genesis of the medical humanities and of narrative medicine and explores all aspects of their role in improving healthcare. It describes how narrative medicine is therapeutic for the patient, enhances the patient-doctor relationship, and allows the identification, via patients' stories, of the feelings and experiences that are characteristic for each disease. Furthermore, it explains how to use narrative medicine as a real scientific tool. Narrative Medicine will be of value for all caregivers: physicians, nurses, healthcare managers, psychotherapists, counselors, and social workers. Maria Giulia Marini takes a unique and innovative approach to narrative medicine. She sees it as offering a bridge--indeed a variety of different bridges--between clinical care and "humanitas". With a sensitive use of mythology, literature and metaphor on the one hand, and scientific studies on the other, she shows how the guiding concept of narrative might bring together the fragmented parts of the medical enterprise. John Launer, Honorary Consultant, Tavistock Clinic, London UK.
- Contents
- 1. Evidence Based Medicine and Narrative Medicine: a harmonic couple -- 2. Bridging from mythology to contemporary care: the art of listening -- 3. Bridging from oral tradition to writing: the art of empathy -- 4. The Tower of Babel: the language of physicians, patients and providers of care -- 5. Patient's narrative as a probe for successful coping -- 6. The muted desire for well-being and the abuse of the word "normality" in medicine -- 7. Bridging the gap between personalization of care and research -- 8. The industry of illness-centered movies in medical humanities -- 9. Designing health care based on patient's needs and rights -- 10. Building a bridge between economic investment and medical humanities: the fears to overcome -- 11. A selection of narratives.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Providing compassionate healthcare : challenges in policy and practice
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat38415
edited by Sue Shea, Robin Wynyard and Christos Lionis.
--Abingdon, England:
Routledge
, 2014.
- Call Number
- W 62 P969 2014
- Location
- Cape Breton Regional
- Call Number
- W 62 P969 2014
- Other Authors
- Shea, Sue
- Wynyard, Robin
- Lionis, Christos
- Responsibility
- edited by Sue Shea, Robin Wynyard and Christos Lionis
- Alternate Title
- Providing compassionate health care
- Place of Publication
- Abingdon, England
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date of Publication
- 2014
- Physical Description
- xxiii, 281 p.
- Series Title
- Routledge advances in health and social policy
- ISBN
- 9780415704960
- 0415704960
- 9781315890180 (ebk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Delivery of Health Care - ethics
- Empathy
- Organizational Culture
- Professional-Patient Relations
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Cape Breton Regional
Stigma and Prejudice : Touchstones in Understanding Diversity in Healthcare
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40049
Ranna Parekh, Ed W. Childs, editors.
--Cham:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
In this innovative title, the authors describe unique patient populations affected by stigma and prejudice and the prevalence of these issues to all healthcare providers. Each chapter covers the forms of prejudice and stigma associated with minority statuses, including religious minorities, the homeless, as well as those stigmatized by medical serious medical conditions, such HIV/AIDS, obesity, and substance misuse disorders. The chapters focus on the importance of recognizing biological differ…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Parekh, Ranna
- Childs, Ed W.
- Responsibility
- Ranna Parekh, Ed W. Childs, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 382 p. : 3 illus., 1 illus. in color)
- Series Title
- Current clinical psychiatry
- ISBN
- 9783319275802
- 9783319275789 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Culturally Competent Care
- Health Equity
- Prejudice
- Professional-Patient Relations
- Social Discrimination
- Social Stigma
- Stereotyping
- Vulnerable Populations
- Abstract
- In this innovative title, the authors describe unique patient populations affected by stigma and prejudice and the prevalence of these issues to all healthcare providers. Each chapter covers the forms of prejudice and stigma associated with minority statuses, including religious minorities, the homeless, as well as those stigmatized by medical serious medical conditions, such HIV/AIDS, obesity, and substance misuse disorders. The chapters focus on the importance of recognizing biological differences and similarities within such groups and describes the challenges and best practices for optimum healthcare outcomes. The text describes innovative ways to connect in a clinical setting with people of diverse backgrounds. The text also covers future directions and areas of research and innovative clinical work being done. Written by experts in the field, Stigma and Prejudice is an excellent resource for psychiatrist, psychologists, general physicians, social workers, and all other medical professionals working with stigmatized populations.
- Contents
- Part I. Specific Patient Populations -- 1. Stigma and Persons with Disabilities -- 2. Stigma and Persons with Obesity -- 3. Religious Minorities and Medicine: The Collision of Health Care and Faith -- 4. The Poor and Economically Vulnerable in Public and Safety-Net Healthcare Institutions: Outcomes and Attitudes -- 5. Stigma and Prejudice Against Individuals Experiencing Homelessness -- 6. VIP Patients: An Unexpectedly Vulnerable Population -- 7. Stigma and Persons with Substance Use Disorders -- 8. Borderline Personality Disorder: From Stigma to Compassionate Care -- 9. Diagnosed with Breast Cancer: Stigmatized or a Member of an Empowered Sisterhood -- 10. Stigma and Prejudice in Patients with HIV/AIDS -- 11. Commercially Sexually Exploited & Trafficked Minors: Our Hidden and Forgotten Children -- 12. Stigma and Veterans -- 13. I Pity the Poor Immigrant: Stigma and Immigration -- Part II. Innovative Ways to Bridge Differences -- 14. Limited English Proficient (LEP) Patient: The Importance of Working with Trained Medical Interpreters to Promote Equitable Health Care -- 15. Improving Workforce Diversity in Minority and Majority Institutions -- 16. Leveraging Technology for Health Equity -- 17. Research with Diverse and Vulnerable Populations -- 18. Building Diversity Initiatives in Academic Medicine -- 19. Looking Outward and Inward: The Role of Introspection in Expanding and Consolidating Our Understanding of Diversity -- 20. Pharmacology: Cultural and Genetic Considerations.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Sudden Death : Intervention Skills for the Emergency Services
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45507
Tricia Scott, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book considers the practical management of sudden death and offers first-hand reflections of how emergency physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals cope. Sudden death is one of the most difficult aspects of emergency care, and the traumatic nature of some deaths can be devastating for the family and the emergency team. This book shows how practitioners confront the sudden death and the essential steps taken to manage the event that may have a critical impact on the grieving rela…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Scott, Tricia
- Responsibility
- Tricia Scott, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 156 p.) : 19 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030331405
- 9783030331399 (Print ed.)
- 9783030331412 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Attitude to Death
- Death, Sudden
- Emergency Medical Services - methods
- Professional-Family Relations
- Abstract
- This book considers the practical management of sudden death and offers first-hand reflections of how emergency physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals cope. Sudden death is one of the most difficult aspects of emergency care, and the traumatic nature of some deaths can be devastating for the family and the emergency team. This book shows how practitioners confront the sudden death and the essential steps taken to manage the event that may have a critical impact on the grieving relative. The book explores the unique interactions between emergency and allied health practitioners and nurses, those who grieve and, the body itself. By understanding what is involved in sudden death work, and the practical, psychosocial and spiritual tensions that arise from managing the event and sequel, it may be possible to provide a more responsive service. The book addresses sudden death from the multi-professional emergency and allied services perspective to guide either the seasoned practitioners or the new and apprehensive recruit. National emergency response systems have been strengthened to cope with the increasing trauma and disease burden which, for many unfortunate individuals, results in an immediate or swift death trajectory. This multidisciplinary teaching text uses first-hand detailed stories of sudden death encounters. By reflecting on these ‘happenings’ and illuminating on how specific events were handled, it is possible to build a picture not only of what sudden death workers ‘do’ when sudden death occurs but also how they feel about what they ‘do’. At the end of each chapter a series of activities will be posed to encourage the reader to make sense of their own practices when handling the legal and practical aspects and when supporting families and colleagues.
- Contents
- 1. Sudden Bereavement: A Wife’s Perspective -- 2. Sudden Death: A Pre-hospital Perspective -- 3. Sudden Death: A Road Policing Perspective -- 4. Sudden Death: A Fire and Rescue Perspective -- 5. Sudden Death: An Emergency Medicine Perspective -- 6. Sudden Death: An Emergency Nurse Perspective -- 7. Sudden Death: A Hospital Chaplaincy Perspective -- 8. Sudden Death: A Military Perspective -- 9. Sudden Death: A Humanitarian Disaster Worker Perspective -- 10. Sudden Death: A Disaster Mortuary Response—Practitioner Perspective -- 11. Sudden Death: An Organ and Tissue Retrieval Practitioner Perspective -- 12. Sudden Death: A Funeral Service Perspective -- 13. Sudden Death: A Multidisciplinary Emergency Service Perspective.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
