Transcultural nursing in Canada.
By the year 2000, approximately one in every five Canadians will represent an ethnic minority. Even today, Canada is home to over a hundred different linguistic and cultural groups. Yet between these Canadians and the health care system there exists a large cultural gap. At the crux of the matter is the lack of recognition by health care professionals of the cultural differences and related health beliefs of various groups. A further impediment is the lack of formal educational programs, theory and research in multicultural nursing care in Canada.
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Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto.
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D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002170:Canada; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*