Copyright: 2004
Author: American Geriatrics Society
Media Type: Kit

Doorway Thoughts: Cross-Cultural Health Care for Older Adults addresses the role of ethnicity in health decision-making in America. This book focuses on how clinicians caring for older adults can develop an understanding of different ethnic groups in order to effectively care for their patients. Chapters in this volume, which is the first in a series, address cross-cultural health care for older adults who are from one or more minority groups.

Volume One covers:

• African Americans

• American Indians and Alaska Natives

• Asian Indian Americans

• Chinese Americans

• Hispanic Americans

• Japanese Americans

• Vietnamese Americans

Volume Two covers:

• Arab Americans

• Cambodian Americans

• Filipino Americans

• Haitian Americans

• Korean Americans

• Pakistani Americans

• Portuguese Americans

• Russian Americans