title: Cultural diversity: caring for minority children with mental retardation and other disabilities.
abstract: Providing services for minority group children with mental retardation and other disabilities can challenge the abilities of any dental practitioner. The added challenge, however, is for the practitioner to recognize and understand the different cultures which can and do affect the relationships between the practitioner, the patient, the family, and the care that is provided. An introduction is provided to these complex and diverse minority group family settings which increasingly are becoming a component of our communities.
authors.affiliation: Dental Health Services, Department of General Dentistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8706, USA.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Waldman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Swerdloff
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Perlman
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D001213:Asian; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003469:Culture; D019140:Dental Care for Children; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008913:Minority Groups; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support