title: Mental health nursing and cultural diversity.
abstract: The focus of this article is on ethnic cultural difference. The establishment of a bi-cultural model of health care delivery has been a recent priority in New Zealand. Bi-culturalism has become an important concept for Maori and Pakeha (Europeans), working in partnership in the planning and implementation of mental health services in New Zealand. Adoption of the principles of respect and recognition of the uniqueness of different cultural identities, by nurses, has meant that clients who use mental health services in New Zealand are beginning to benefit from nursing care that is culturally competent.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Liaison Services, Waitemata Health, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Craig
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D002983:Clinical Competence; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009520:New Zealand; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*