Now you can have, at your finger-tips, a practical guide containing:

Tips for appropriate care & treatment of people from diverse cultural, linguistic, and religious backgrounds

Keys to developing successful patient-caregiver relationships

Specific information about the health beliefs and practices of:

· African Americans

· American Indians

· Asians (Chinese, Koreans, Southeast Asians, Filipinos, Hmong)

· Eastern Europeans (Bosnians, Poles, Russians)

· Hispanics

· Peoples from the Middle East (Egyptians, Iranians, Etc.)

Revised edition includes:

· New updated material and reading lists for each chapter

· Expanded introduction including patient interview questions that enable caregivers to develop a cultural profile of each individual patients health, illness, and illness prevention beliefs and practices.

· Expanded tips for improving the cross-cultural caregiver/patient relationship, tips for determining the individual etiquette, beliefs and practices of patients from other cultures, and tips for diet and nutrition assessment and counseling.