Cultural Diversity
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Nursing, religiosity, and end-of-life care: interconnections and implications.

29 Nov 2009 The influence of religious beliefs and practices at the end of life is underinvestigated. Given nursing's advocacy role and the intimate and personal nature of the dimensions of religiosity and the end of life, exploring the multidimensional ... Read more...

Perspectives on transcultural care.

29 Nov 2009 Culture has been defined as the thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. A culture of nursing refers to the learned and transmitted lifeways, values, symbols, ... Read more...

Counting nurses: the power of historical census data.

29 Sep 2009 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: This study used census data to construct a demographic profile of early 20th century nurses in the United States. BACKGROUND: Census data are recognised as a rich source of quantitative information on long-term changes. However, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Cultural Diversity'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nursing, religiosity, and end-of-life care: interconnections and implications. 29 Nov 2009
• Perspectives on transcultural care. 29 Nov 2009
• Counting nurses: the power of historical census data. 29 Sep 2009
• The need for diversity in medical education: barriers to be broken. 29 Sep 2009
• Theory, not cultural context, will advance American psychology. 30 Aug 2009
• Reaching the neglected 95%. 30 Aug 2009
• The paradox of indiscriminate multiculturalism. 30 Aug 2009
• Bioethics & human rights: access to health-related goods. 30 Aug 2009
• The resilience of Native American elders. 30 Aug 2009
• Family-centered, culturally, and linguistically competent care: essential components of the medical home. 30 Aug 2009
• Displaying employee testimonials on recruitment web sites: effects of communication media, employee race, and job seeker race on organizational attraction and information credibility. 30 Aug 2009
• Toward model-driven interventions for African Americans with cognitive-communicative disorders. 24 Aug 2009
• Discourses of dementia: a call for an ethnographic, action research approach to care in linguistically and culturally diverse environments. 24 Aug 2009
• Serving linguistically and culturally diverse adults with communication disorders: multidisciplinary perspectives and evidence. 24 Aug 2009
• Treatment of adult speech and language disorders. 24 Aug 2009
• Mental health first aid for Indigenous Australians: using Delphi consensus studies to develop guidelines for culturally appropriate responses to mental health problems. Aug 2009
• Approaches to diversity in family medicine: "I have always tried to be colour blind". 30 Jul 2009
• Embracing diversity. 30 Jul 2009
• Perception of head and neck cancer quality of life within the medical world: a multicultural study. 30 Jul 2009
• Diversity training in the veterinary profession. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Cultural Diversity'

Definition: Coexistence of numerous distinct ethnic, racial, religious, or cultural groups within one social unit, organization, or population. (From American Heritage Dictionary, 2d college ed., 1982, p955)

Descriptor UI: D018864

Alternative terms: Cultural Diversity; Cultural Diversities; Diversities, Cultural; Diversity, Cultural; Multiculturalism; Multiculturalisms; Cultural Pluralism; Pluralism, Cultural; Pluralism; Pluralisms;

Related Mesh Headings: Ethical Relativism;

Tree Number: I01.076.201.450.350; I01.880.143.450;

History Note: 96

Technical Notes: IM; coord with specific ethnic, racial, religious or other cultural aspect (IM); specify geog if pertinent