title: The ETHNIC(S) mnemonic: a clinical tool for ethnogeriatric education.
abstract: Geriatrics healthcare providers need to be aware of the effect that culture has on establishing treatment priorities, influencing adherence, and addressing end-of-life care issues for older patients and their caregivers. The mnemonic ETHNIC(S) (Explanation, Treatment, Healers, Negotiate, Intervention, Collaborate, Spirituality/Seniors) presented in this article provides a framework that practitioners can use in providing culturally appropriate geriatric care. ETHNIC(S) can serve as a clinically applicable tool for eliciting and negotiating cultural issues during healthcare encounters and as a new instructional strategy to be incorporated into ethnogeriatric curricula for all healthcare disciplines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA. Kobylafr@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Fred A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Kobylarz
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Like
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male