Health Care
The Western Journal of Medicine put out two issues on Cross-Cultural Medicine,
ten years apart. Both are extremenly valuable. +1 415-882-5179
Elizabeth Randall-David, Phd.,
authored a report called Strategies for Working
with Culturally Diverse Communities and Clients. The distributing association for
this report can be reached at +1 301-664-6549
The Spirit Catches You and
You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman. Published in 1997 by
Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The book gives a poignant portrayal of some issues of
cross-cultural health care in the United States.
Chong, Nildam The Latino Patient,"
2002, Intercultural Press. Written for
"mainstream" U.S. health care providers to enable them to more effectively (and
sensitively) relate to and deal with health and health-related issues with Latino
patients (who, at least in the California area, seem to refer to themselves as
"Latinos," no matter their birth country). www.interculturalpress.com
(Mental) Health
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Handbook of culture and mental illness: An international
perspective. Madison, CT: International
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Harkness, S., & Keefer,
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to research and interventions in education and health. Journal of Cross-Cultural
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A. J. (1988). International consultation and the
homogenization of psychiatry in Southeast Asia. Social Science and Medicine,
27(5), 553-561.
Kakar, S. (1991). Western science,
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Kim, U., & Berry, J. W.
(Eds.). (1993). Indigenous psychologies: Research and
experience in cultural context. Newbury Park: Sage Publications.
Marsella, A. J. (1988). Cross-cultural
research on severe mental disorders: Issues
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legal policy and decision making. Journal of Forensic Psychology, 5, 14-24.
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