Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Health Care 2000 - Meeting the Needs of a Multicultural Society	3
Ch. 2	Health and Illness	19
Ch. 3	Familial Folk Remedies	45
Ch. 4	Culture, Health, and Illness	63
Ch. 5	Health Care Delivery: Issues, Barriers, and Alternatives	93
Ch. 6	Healing: Natural Traditions	117
Ch. 7	Healing: Magicoreligious Traditions	133
Ch. 8	The Influence of Demographics on Health Care	169
Ch. 9	Health and Illness in African (Black) American Communities	191
Ch. 10	Health and Illness in the American Indian, Aleut, and Eskimo Communities	215
Ch. 11	Health and Illness in the Asian/Pacific Islander American Community	241
Ch. 12	Health and Illness in European (White) American Communities	261
Ch. 13	Health and Illness in Hispanic American Communities	279
Ch. 14	The Use of Parteras in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas	305
	Epilogue	331
	Bibliography	339
	Appendix I: Selected Key Terms Related to Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness	357
	Appendix II: Suggested Course Outline	365
	Appendix III: Suggested Course Activities	369
	Appendix IV: Heritage Assessment Tool	371
	Appendix V: Quick Guide for Cross-Cultural Nursing Care	375
	Appendix VI: Data Resources	377
	Appendix VII: NIH Office of Alternative Medicine	379
	Appendix VIII: Networks: Selected Health-Related Organizations	387
	African (Black) American	387
	American Indian, Aleut, and Eskimo	388
	Asian/Pacific Islander	389
	Hispanic American	391
	Multicultural	392
	Index	395