CHAPTER 18 Emerging Infectious Diseases of Immigrant Patients Jonathan Sellman, Patrick Pederson Introduction Today, accounts of emerging infectious diseases spill from newspaper headlines and garner lead story status on the…
CHAPTER 7 Multicultural Medicine Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera, Jeffrey M. Borkan Refugees and immigrants enter this country with knowledge, values, and behaviors about health, illness, and treatment that may be drastically…
CHAPTER 6 Communicating with Limited English Proficient Patients Interpreter Services Carol Berg, Sidney Van Dyke The need to ensure linguistic access to healthcare for limited English proficient (LEP) patients through…
CHAPTER 14 Differential Diagnoses of Ill Immigrants by Organ System Linda S. Nield, Meghan Rothenberger Introduction Every year thousands of individuals leave their countries of birth to settle in the…
CHAPTER 5 Language Assistance for Limited English Proficient Patients Legal Issues David Hunt Introduction An elderly male Hmong patient was recently admitted to a midwestern hospital. The patient spoke no…
CHAPTER 3 Health and Well-being of Immigrants The Healthy Migrant Phenomenon Katherine Fennelly Introduction A growing body of literature describes what has come to be known as the ‘healthy migrant’…
CHAPTER 2 Compassion David R. Shlim The twelve-year-old girl’s lips were blue with cold as she staggered through the thigh-deep snow. At 19 000 feet in altitude, she was buffeted…
CHAPTER 9 Cultural Competence Healthcare Disparities and Political Issues Joseph R. Betancourt, Alexander R. Green Background Cultural competence has recently gained increasing attention from healthcare policy makers, providers, insurers, and…
CHAPTER 4 Action Steps to Improve the Health of New Americans Patricia Ohmans Introduction One in 10 Americans is a first-generation immigrant, according to the US Census. Since the earliest…
CHAPTER 8 Cultural Competence A Patient-Based Approach to Caring for Immigrants Alexander R. Green, Joseph R. Betancourt Background It has long been said that America is a nation of immigrants….
