title: Ethnic power perspectives for nursing.
abstract: Marchione and Stearns remind us to consider a patient's ethnicity in interpreting his behavior and in determining his care. His family culture cannot be ignored, they remind us, as they look at four sources of ethnic power: symbolic, relational, communicative, and intuitive.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marchione
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Stearns
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D005006:Ethnicity; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care; D011209:Power, Psychological