Culture, Heritage, and Diversity in Older Adult Mental Health Care.

Author/creator Psychiatry, APA Council on Geriatric
Other author Llorente, Maria D.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2018.
Description1 online resource (318 pages)
Supplemental ContentEBSCOhost
Subjects

Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 Why Is Cultural Competency Important When Working With Older Adults?; 2 Cultural Competence in Geriatric Psychiatry Teaching and Evaluative Methods; 3 Migration, Acculturation, and Mental Health; 4 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; 5 Culturally Competent Care for Geriatric Indigenous Peoples American Indians, Alaska Natives, First Nations, and Native Hawaiians; 6 African American Older Adults; 7 Cultural Competency and Latino Elders; 8 Older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adults.
Contents 9 Rural Elderly; 10 The Seventh Age Centenarians; 11 Cultural Competency and Veterans; Answer Guide; Index; Back Cover.
Abstract This book prepares clinicians to provide sensitive, high-quality, culturally competent care to geriatric patients from diverse backgrounds and will prove indispensable as patient demographics continue to change.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Psychiatry, APA Council on Geriatric. Culture, Heritage, and Diversity in Older Adult Mental Health Care. Washington, D.C. : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, ©2018 9781615372058
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN1615372113
ISBN9781615372119 (electronic bk.)

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