Culture In Clinical Care

Care in Multicultural Settings: A Guide for Therapists defines and des cribes culture and its interaction with individual experience and pers onality in the development of beliefs, values, and actions. Informatio n about cultural beliefs related to health and wellness are explored a s they affect intervention strategies. Based on ethnographic methods, mechanisms for culturally sensitive assessment and intervention are co nsidered. This exceptional text goes beyond traditional fact-centered approaches, taking the perspective that culture is emergent in individ uals as they interact with the physical and social environment.