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Doorway Thoughts: Cross-Cultural Health Care for Older Adults 

08-31-2017 05:14 PM

Product Description The Doorway Thoughts series addresses issues and concerns providing relevant details regarding the beliefs, traditions, and customs that would apply to clinical encounters with an older adult from 15 groups of diverse ethnic backgrounds: African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Arab Americans, Asian Indian Americans, Chinese Americans, Hispanic Americans, Japanese Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Filipino Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Korean Americans, Pakistani Americans, Haitian Americans, Portuguese Americans, and Russian-Speaking Americans. The series focuses on topics relevant to intercultural care, including health literacy, approaches to clinician education, and the interface between spirituality and health decision making. Available Formats Please note that Doorway Thoughts is only available in an online format. The online subscription is accessed through your internet browser and is valid for 1 year. Online subscriptions are assigned to the user account used to place the purchase, and accessible in the My Library tab immediately after payment.