Caring for the Low German Mennonites
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-8015-2 (ISBN)
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What happens when health care providers meet patients whose religious views contrast with mainstream health practices? Caring for the Low German Mennonites focuses on a unique religious group to examine the ways in which beliefs and practices influence members’ interactions with the health care system.
Drawing on nearly twenty years of research, Judith Kulig elucidates a process for acknowledging and respectfully inquiring about a patient’s beliefs, and taking them into account in the planning of care and implementation of treatment.
This book includes:
an overview of what “cultural competence” means and how it can help health care practitioners provide effective care for their patients
a meticulous account of the influence of religion on the Low German Mennonites’ conceptions of health and illness, women’s health, death and dying, and mental health
consideration of the overlaps and differences between the norms of the Low German Mennonite community and those of the health care system.
Caring for the Low German Mennonites serves as a rich and detailed example of working respectfully and effectively with a minority religious group. Kulig shows that trust and understanding are key to providing appropriate and equitable health care.
Judith C. Kulig, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD, is a professor emerita in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge. She has devoted her research to nursing practice in rural and remote Canada and has spent nearly twenty years working among the Low German Mennonites in both Canada and Mexico. She has worked as a practising nurse in crosscultural contexts (with First Nations groups and Cambodian and Central American refugees). She has published widely in multi‐disciplinary journals and co‐edited, with Allison Williams, Health in Rural Canada (2011). She has presented as a keynote speaker in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and is the past chair of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society, of which she was one of the founding members.
Foreword / John Janzen
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 A Brief History of the Low German Mennonites
2 Health and Illness
3 Women’s Health
4 Death and Dying
5 Mental Health
Conclusion
Notes; References; Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.07.2018 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Vancouver |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 340 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7748-8015-5 / 0774880155 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7748-8015-2 / 9780774880152 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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