Culture, Religion & Childbearing: A Handbook for Health Professionals Book

	Foreword
	The authors
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction
Pt. 1	Culture, 'Race' and Health Care
1	Culture and difference	3
2	Culture and health care	17
3	Immigration and change	23
4	Racial discrimination in society	27
5	Racial discrimination: health and health care	37
6	Challenging inequalities	48
Pt. 2	Communication
7	Communication in a multiracial society	61
8	Language and culture	69
9	The language barrier	77
10	Communicating across a language barrier	84
11	Working with professional interpreters	89
12	Informal interpreters: a short-term measure	100
13	Written material	105
14	Getting people's names right	109
Pt. 3	Implications for Practice
15	Finding out what people need	121
16	Personal heritage and religious belief	126
17	Families, relationships and roles	133
18	Daily living	137
19	Pregnancy and antenatal care	146
20	Labour and birth	161
21	The postnatal period	172
22	Childbearing losses	186
23	Implications for purchasers, service managers and educators	199
Pt. 4	Specific Health Issues
24	Female circumcision - female genital mutilation	213
25	Haemoglobinopathies	218
26	HIV and AIDS	224
27	Refugees and asylum seekers	230
28	Substance use	235
29	Tay-Sachs disease	237
Pt. 5	Specific Cultures and Religions
30	Traditional African-Caribbean culture	243
31	Traditional Akan (Ghanaian) culture	249
32	Traditional Chinese culture	257
33	Traditional Somali culture	268
34	Traditional South Asian culture	274
35	Christianity	288
36	Hinduism	304
37	Islam	312
38	Jehovah's Witnesses	325
39	Judaism	329
40	Rastafarism	339
41	Sikhism	343
	Appendix I The population of Great Britain	354
	Index	357