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Culture and the clinical encounter : an intercultural sensitizer for the health professions / Rena C. Gropper. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Yarmouth, Me., USA : Intercultural Press, (c)1996.Description: x, 170 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781877864438
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA418.5.G876.C858 1996
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Contents:
What is an intercultural sensitizer? -- ICS format -- How should the ICS be used? -- The critical incidents -- Explanations -- Discussion -- Body posture, gestures, intonation -- What's in a name? -- Meaning is in the ear of the listener -- Family roles -- Normal behavior -- Telling the truth or being presumptuous -- Uncertainty and chronic diseases.
Summary: Following discussion of intercultural sensitivity and differences, the volume presents some 45 incidents of cross-cultural conflict or difficulty in a clinical context. The reader must choose the best of four possible explanations, then read the proposed solutions to gain additional knowledge about the 23 represented cultures. Annotation copyright by Book News, Incorporated, Portland, OR.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor Non-fiction RA418.5.G876.C858 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923002108815

What is an intercultural sensitizer? -- ICS format -- How should the ICS be used? -- The critical incidents -- Explanations -- Discussion -- Body posture, gestures, intonation -- What's in a name? -- Meaning is in the ear of the listener -- Family roles -- Normal behavior -- Telling the truth or being presumptuous -- Uncertainty and chronic diseases.

Following discussion of intercultural sensitivity and differences, the volume presents some 45 incidents of cross-cultural conflict or difficulty in a clinical context. The reader must choose the best of four possible explanations, then read the proposed solutions to gain additional knowledge about the 23 represented cultures. Annotation copyright by Book News, Incorporated, Portland, OR.

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