Stigma and prejudice : touchstones in understanding diversity in healthcare /: touchstones in understanding diversity in healthcare. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ranna Parekh, Ed W. Childs, editors.
• Editors: Parekh, Ranna; Childs, Ed W
• Contents: 1. Stigma and Persons with Disabilities -- 2. Stigma and Persons with Obesity -- 3. Religious Minorities and Medicine: The Collision of Health Care and Faith -- 4. The Poor and Economically Vulnerable in Public and Safety-Net Healthcare Institutions: Outcomes and Attitudes -- 5. Stigma and Prejudice Against Individuals Experiencing Homelessness -- 6. VIP Patients: An Unexpectedly Vulnerable Population -- 7. Stigma and Persons with Substance Use Disorders -- 8. Borderline Personality Disorder: From Stigma to Compassionate Care -- 9. Diagnosed with Breast Cancer: Stigmatized or a Member of an Empowered Sisterhood -- 10. Stigma and Prejudice in Patients with HIV/AIDS -- 11. Commercially Sexually Exploited & Trafficked Minors: Our Hidden and Forgotten Children -- 12. Stigma and Veterans -- 13. I Pity the Poor Immigrant: Stigma and Immigration -- 14. Limited English Proficient (LEP) Patient: The Importance of Working with Trained Medical Interpreters to Promote Equitable Health Care -- 15. Improving Workforce Diversity in Minority and Majority Institutions -- 16. Leveraging Technology for Health Equity -- 17. Research with Diverse and Vulnerable Populations -- 18. Building Diversity Initiatives in Academic Medicine -- 19. Looking Outward and Inward: The Role of Introspection in Expanding and Consolidating Our Understanding of Diversity -- 20. Pharmacology: Cultural and Genetic Considerations.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Humana Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 382 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 362.2/042; Social psychiatry; Social medicine; Stigma (Social psychology); Discrimination in medical care; Mental illness -- Social aspects; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare; Discrimination in medical care; Mental illness -- Social aspects; Social medicine; Social psychiatry; Stigma (Social psychology); Health Equity; Vulnerable Populations; Culturally Competent Care; Stereotyping; Prejudice; Social Discrimination; Attitude of Health Personnel; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319275802; 3319275801
• Related ISBNs: 9783319275789; 331927578X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.