Abstract
This article provides a brief overview of cultural diversity and its significance to health care. LEARN, an illness explanatory model, and its application to a case study of a minority patient's surgical experience are presented to increase surgical nurses' awareness of cultural illness beliefs and treatment expectations.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 128-136 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Seminars in perioperative nursing |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Jul 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine