CONTENTS:

Preface
About the author
Acknowledgments

I. Cultural foundations

1. Building cultural and linguistic competence
2. Cultural heritage and history
3. Diversity
4. Health and illness

II. Health domains

5. Health traditions
6. Healing traditions
7. Familial health traditions
8. Health and illness in modern healthcare

III. Health and illness panoramas

9. Health and illness in the american indian and Alaska native population
10. Health and illness in the Asian population
11. Health and illness in the Black population
12. Health and illness in the Hispanic populations
13. Health and illness in the White populations
14. Cultural competency

Appendix A. Select key term realted to cultural diversity in health and illness

Appendix B. Cultural care assesments

Appendix C. Calendar: cultural and religious holidays thet change dates

Appendix D selected data resources