Health Related Counseling with Families of Diverse Cultures

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Health Related Counseling with Families of Diverse Cultures Family, Health, and Cultural Competencies

Ruth P. Cox

ISBN: 0-313-31477-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31477-3

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248 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 2/28/2003

List Price: $85.00 (UK Sterling Price: £58.95)

Availability: Print on demand

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions in Psychology

Description: This volume focuses on the necessity of family health counseling in providing effective, efficient health care in our technologically advanced, diverse, and complex society. Clinicians must have a broad understanding of all factors that affect individuals and families at all levels to provide culturally competent, collaborative care. Theoretical framework/paradigms are presented that guide clinical practice. A postmodern perspective provides skills for dialogical conversations and collaborative relationships with families. The book widens the health-care perspective by providing a foundational view incorporating both the family within its cultural/ethnic context and the multiple systems with which they interact as resources for health. The goal is to provide a foundation in the concepts and skills of health-related counseling with families from diverse cultures, to learn how these concepts are used in clinical practice, to learn how to work with families and communities during and after disasters, and to see how these concepts affect political decisions at the local, state, and federal level, as well as how these concepts drive family social policy or predict the future of family health care.

The book also provides information on common psychiatric medications, the types, ranges, uses, side effects, interactions with other drugs, effects on counseling, and the collaboration needed among health professionals. This will be a valuable resource for those in the fields of counseling, clinical and family psychology, family therapy, psychiatry, family and primary-care medicine, social work and nursing.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Individual-Family Connection by Ruth P. Cox
Family Development, Caregiving, and Functioning Over the Life Span by Ruth P. Cox and Ken Farr
Theories and Concepts: How to Understand Families and Health by Ruth P. Cox
Sociocultural Influences on the Family and Family Health by Ruth P. Cox, et al.
Family Health Issues by Ruth P. Cox and Ken Farr
Family Assessment Tools by Ruth P. Cox, Norm Keltner, and Beverly Hogan
Family Health Counseling, Counseling in Disasters, Health Interventions, and Reimbursement with Families of Diverse Cultures by Ruth P. Cox, Ken Farr, and Eddie Parrish
References
Index

About the Author: RUTH P. COX is Associate Professor of Nursing in the School of Nursing graduate program at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist and supervisor, an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner in mental health, a Family Nurse Practitioner, and a Certified Trauma Specialist.

LCC Class: 362


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