Culturally Competent Compassion: A Guide for Healthcare Students and Practitioners
Irena Papadopoulos
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Bringing together the crucially important topics of cultural competence and compassion for the first time, this book explores how to practise `culturally competent compassion' in healthcare settings - that is, understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it using culturally appropriate and acceptable caring interventions. This text first discusses the philosophical and religious roots of compassion before investigating notions of health, illness, culture and multicultural societies. Drawing this information together, it then introduces two invaluable frameworks for practice, one of cultural competence and one of culturally competent compassion, and applies ... Read more
Bringing together the crucially important topics of cultural competence and compassion for the first time, this book explores how to practise `culturally competent compassion' in healthcare settings - that is, understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it using culturally appropriate and acceptable caring interventions. This text first discusses the philosophical and religious roots of compassion before investigating notions of health, illness, culture and multicultural societies. Drawing this information together, it then introduces two invaluable frameworks for practice, one of cultural competence and one of culturally competent compassion, and applies ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
116
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138674905
SKU
V9781138674905
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About Irena Papadopoulos
Irena Papadopoulos is Professor of Transcultural Health and Nursing at Middlesex University, UK.
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