Interprofessional Practice with Diverse Populations

Download or read book Interprofessional Practice with Diverse Populations written by Allan Barsky and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-08-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concepts such as cultural competence, multicultural practice, and ethnosensitivity have taken root in the literature. At the same time, concepts such as cross-disciplinary, transdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and interprofessional practice have been articulated. Although these two trends coexist in print, the literature in the various helping professions does not address whether and how the issues of client diversity and interprofessional practice can come together in productive and better informed ways. The present book promises to close this gap and offer health care professionals theoretically grounded examples of best practices. The range of diversity includes Native American, Taiwanese, Portuguese, African-American, Algerian, Irish, South Asian, and gay clients.