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How can psychology contribute to our understanding of Hispanics in the United States? Edited by Amado M. Padilla, Hispanic Psychology offers students, researchers, and practitioners the most contemporary and complete view of psychological writings available today. The topics tackled by a team of social scientists include adaptation to a new culture in the United States, the role of the family in acculturation, ethnic identification for Hispanics, health and mental health service and research needs of Hispanics, and changing gender roles in Hispanic culture. This volume examines such complex subjects as Chicano male gang members, homeless female AIDS victims, and educational resiliency of students with authority and perceptivity. This book brings together diverse psychological issues that will spark an interest in anyone wishing to have a current perspective on the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States. “Libraries serving graduate students in the areas of psychology, education, child development, or Latino studies should find this book helpful.” --Choice “The growing presence and relevance of ethnic and cultural issues in many mental health disciplines has a cogent demonstration in this handsome volume. The strength of this volume is in its well-conceived and realized research studies. Indeed, the “new scholarship” of conceptual models, measurement instruments, and interpretive approaches, drawing heavily on the social context in which Hispanics live, gives this book a prominent place among its peers. This volume will become a landmark in the task of defining the realities and the fate of Hispanics in the United States of the twenty-first century.” --Renato D. Alacrón in Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review
Language as a Communication Barrier in Medical Care for Hispanic Patients
Language as a Communication Barrier in Medical Care for Hispanic Patients
The language barrier can be a major problem in communication when physicians and patients do not share the same language. This problem is manifested when attempting to communicate medical information from one party to the other. This chapter evaluates whether having a bilingual or monolingual (English-speaking) physician affects recall of information and question-asking behavior by Hispanic patients. We report mainly on elderly patients who have resided in the United States for many years and differ in their English language proficiency. This is an important issue in the doctor-patient interaction that ultimately has an impact on health care delivery and use.
Many studies (Ley & Spelman, ...
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