title: Online resources for culturally and linguistically appropriate services for home healthcare and hospice, Part 5: resources for African patients.
abstract: Providing culturally and linguistically appropriate home healthcare and hospice care to patients who have emigrated from the African continent can be a challenge. This article reviews Web sites that provide introductions to some of the predominant cultures in Africa. Web sites providing patient education material in 13 African languages are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Judith S. Young, MLS, is the Librarian at the Dixon School of Nursing, Abington Memorial Hospital, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Judith S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education*; D064650:Home Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007802:Language; D010353:Patient Education as Topic