Other Publications & Links

   The following resources and links are provided to offer additional information applicable to diverse communities. (Note: By providing the links below, NRCD is neither endorsing nor recommending the following list of resources/services.) Please feel free to e-mail us at info@nrcd.com with recommendations of additional resources and links.

Publications

·   Bridging Cultural Differences in Medical Practice: The Case of discussing negative information with Navajo Patients, Journal of General Internal Medicine 15, 92-96 (2000)  

·   Ceremonies of Passage, Readings and Rituals to Enrich the Dying Experience, Hospice and Palliative Care of Louisville, (2003)

·    Compendio de Recursos para Consumidores y Familias, Last Acts (2003)

·   Conversations before the Crisis

·   Cultural Competency, A Practical Guide for Mental Service Providers, Delia Saldana, Ph.D., Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, The University of Texas at Austin (2001)

·   Cultural Diversity in Health & Illness, 5^th edition, Rachel Spector, Prentice Hall, Inc. (2000)

·   Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making , Braun, Pietsch, & Blanchette, Sage Publications (2000)

·   Culture and Nursing Care: A Pocket Guide. edited by Lipson, Juliene, Dibble, Suzanne and Minarik, Pamela, UCSF Nursing Press (1996)

·   Como Encontrar su Camino ,1998). For additional information visit www.sachealthdecisions.org

·   Death and Bereavement Across Cultures, edited by Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young (1997)

·   Ethnic Variations in Dying Death and Grief, Diversity in Universality, D.P. Irish, Taylor & Francis (1993)

·   Hispanic Voices, Hispanic Health Educators Speak Out. Sara Torres, National League for Nursing, Jones and Bartlett Publishers (1999)

·   Mama Might Be Better Off Dead, The Failure of Health Care in Urban America, Laurie Kay Abraham, The University of Chicago Press (1993

·   Must We Suffer Our Way of Death? Cultural and Theological Perspectives on Death by Choice

·   Prescription Benefits – A Consumer’s Guide to Free and Discount Prescription Drugs, Harry P. Thai, Benefits Publications (2002).

·   ¡Salud! Guia integral para la mujre Latina – Cuerpo, mente y espiritu. Jane Delgado. Harper Books (1997)

·   The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Anne Fadiman,  Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1997)

·   Cultural Competence Compendium. Chicago: The American Medical Association (1999)