Healthcare in Diverse Cultures

Catalog description

This course explores beliefs, practices, and traditions pertaining to cultural diversity, healing traditions, and effects on the health care of individuals with different ethnic backgrounds. The course presents content that promotes increased awareness of the dimensions and complexities involved in caring for people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Students will be given the opportunity to observe, study, and participate in healthcare and other cultural/social experiences with a selected population at a local, state or international site during the course.