{"product_id":"facing-death-across-cultures-health-and-mortality-in-a-diverse-world-paperback-softback-9781009111706","title":"Facing Death Across Cultures; Health and Mortality in a Diverse World (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009111706","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFacing Death Across Cultures\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHealth and Mortality in a Diverse World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores cultural issues in healthcare and mortality from an interdisciplinary perspective, enhancing intercultural understanding in a diverse world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen Henry Fox (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009111706, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15 x 1.6 cm, 0.45 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is an invaluable resource for understanding the profound connections between culture, healthcare, and mortality. In a world where healthcare professionals – doctors, nurses, clients, patients, and staff – are increasingly engaging in cross-cultural interactions, this text equips readers with essential insights to navigate diverse beliefs and expectations surrounding health and treatment, particularly in moments of stress and vulnerability. While healthcare is often grounded in Euro-American belief systems, this book broadens the reader's perspective, offering essential tools to enhance intercultural understanding during health crises and end-of-life care. It empowers both patients and practitioners to adapt and collaborate, fostering better treatment outcomes by bridging cultural divides. Gaining this multicultural lens is not only crucial for healthcare and cross-cultural psychology but also for confronting the universal experience of mortality – our own and that of our loved ones.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction to a cultural species\u003cbr\u003e Module 1. The basic psychological components of culture\u003cbr\u003e Module 2. Becoming human\u003cbr\u003e Module 3. Acculturation: cultures in contact\u003cbr\u003e Module 4. Multicultural adaptation\u003cbr\u003e Module 5. Health and well-being\u003cbr\u003e Module 6. Disease and healing\u003cbr\u003e Module 7. Diversity and the conventional medical world\u003cbr\u003e Module 8. Thinking about death\u003cbr\u003e Module 9. Managing mortality and difficult passages\u003cbr\u003e Module 10. Cultures approach the end\u003cbr\u003e Module 11. Critical and end-of-life care\u003cbr\u003e Module 12. Culture, passages, and psychosocial supports.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52410775929112,"sku":"9781009111706","price":25.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009111706i.jpg?v=1784252121","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/facing-death-across-cultures-health-and-mortality-in-a-diverse-world-paperback-softback-9781009111706","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}