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Immigrant Women's Health: Problems and Solutions
ISBN: 978-0-787-94294-6
November 1998
Jossey-Bass
464 pages
Immigrant Women's Health summarizes the best practices in program development and addresses a wealth of compelling topics including
Providing Quality Care for Immigrant Women
Immigrant Women's Health is an invaluable resource that offers the information and tools needed to meet the challenge to provide quality care for one of the most vulnerable patient populations in today's health care environment.
"The authors are to be commended for an outstanding review of the health issues of the newest members of our country. Increasingly we are reminded that human rights are women's rights. No country is exempt from this principle; infringement includes the prizes of war, bride burning, unnecessary surgery, sexual assault (domestic violence), and lack of access to health care."—Jean Fourcroy, past president, American Medical Women's Association; adjunct professor, urology, Uniformed Services University of Health Science, Bethesda, MD
"This is a significant and timely book. The chapters are rich in describing clinical considerations for and approaches to the immigrant patient in a broad range of disease areas. I recommend this book to all administrators and clinicians who serve or plan to serve the growing immigrant populations in the United States. Particularly noteworthy is the book's emphasis on women's health issues and the acknowledgment of the key roles women play in accessing health care for their families."—Henry Chung, medical director, Chinatown Health Clinic, New York, New York
"The time has come . . . to address the inequities in the delivery of health care to all who reside in the United States. We must be willing to . . . provide services and information . . .that meet cultural, psychosocial, and educational needs. This book goes a long way toward achieving that goal by providing a solid background on the major clinical, behavioral, and policy issues, problems and prospects as well as potential solutions and examples of exemplary programs which can be replicated. It comes to the marketplace not a moment too soon!"—Lillian Pardo Gonzalez, professor of pediatrics and neurology, University of Kansas School of Medicine