There is increasing ethnic diversity in our society posing challenges for health professionals and health care. Existing texts on ethnicity and health are often esoteric and academic in focus, accessible to researchers and policy analysts rather than health practitioners. Other texts consider a single health topic or cultural group. Ethnicity, Health and Primary Care is a new book, intended as a broad but concise and practical introduction to ethnicity and health care for a wide range of health professionals - general practitioners, GP registrars, practice and community nurses, bilingual workers, medical students and other health practitioners in training. Although focusing on primary care, the book's general principles and its clinical coverage will be highly relevant to other health and social care practitioners, in addition to those developing and commissioning health services. Chapters have been written to enable busy practitioners and students to grasp the essentials quickly and easily. The book aims to stimulate readers to learn about and develop an effective approach to ethnic diversity in health care. Rather than be an encyclopaedia of different ethnic groups and cultural practices, this book emphasises the need for practitioners to respond to people as individuals within a broader understanding of the diverse needs of communities. It thus promotes generic principles for good practice wherever diversity has an impact. Having underlined these principles the book considers major clinical topics and groups arguably of particular concern for the health of diverse ethnic communities.

A broad but concise and practical introduction to ethnicity and health care

About the Author
Joe Kai has been an inner city general practitioner and primary care academic in Newcastle upon Tyne and Birmingham. He is a Professor of General Practice in the School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham and works at the medical school in Derby

Reviews
Given our rather dismal record of addressing diversity in primary care the book is to be welcomed. * Health Matters, Issue 58 *
The book . . . is a practical and timely guide for improving the quality of care for ethnically diverse patients. * Health Expectations, 7 *
This is an essential book for anyone working in primary care. It provides practical advice for those who work in ethnic populations, it is concise, well referenced and has excellent resource lists at the end of each chapter. From patient profiling to dealing with language difficulties, mental and sexual health, torture and much more you will be sure to find advice that will enhance your care . . . This invaluable work will not gather dust. * Practice Nurse *



Book Information
ISBN 9780198515739
Author Joe Kai
Format Paperback
Page Count 230
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 332g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 157mm * 13mm