Transcultural concepts in nursing care.

Abstract

This text provides a comprehensive framework for providing culturally competent nursing care to individuals, families, groups, communities and institutions. We begin with a synthesis of transcultural theories, models, and research studies. It is our intent to provide transcultural knowledge that can be useful in nursing care. The text actually began in 1989 as a collegial effort by novice transcultural scholars to expand and apply transcultural knowledge to practice or clinical problems. Although we have a strong commitment to theory and theory development, at the time of the first edition, most of us were involved in clinical practice and were teaching in undergraduate programs.