ISBN: 9781856423663
Trim Size: 234 x 156
134 pages
Lorraine Culley, Simon Dyson
Publication date: 01/11/2009
Price: £19.99
This book aims to provide:
-A short overview of key issues in ethnicity and health
-Provide practical suggestions and resources to healthcare providers
-Explain issues to consider when working with ethnic communities in healthcare
-Examples of practice to illustrate explanations
Dr Lorraine Culley is Professor of Social Science and Health and Associate Director of the Mary Seacole Centre for Health Research at De Montfort University, Leicester. She is the Knowledge-Share Editor for the Journal of Diversity in Health and Care.
Dr Simon Dyson is Professor of Applied Sociology and Director of the Unit for the Social Study of Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell at De Montfort University, Leicester.
'It is very readable, and I am sure most readers will find themselves stopping and reflecting on the many snippets of information that challenge their thinking and assumptions, that simply provide a perspective that they simply hadn't quite thought about before'. Richard Bryant-Jefferies, Head of Equalities and Diversity, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.