Ethnogeriatrics

Dr. Cummings-Vaughn is a physician at Saint Louis University in their nationally recognized geriatrics program. She is also an editorial board member of the Journal of the American Medical Director's Association and a member of the American Geriatris Society's Ethnogeriatrics Special Interest Group. Dr. Johnson is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She attends on the Duke Inpatient Geriatric Medicine Service, Palliative Care Service, and General Medicine Teaching Service. Additionally, she provides primary care for a panel of older adults at a continuing care retirement community. Dr. Johnson s research focuses on understanding racial disparities in end-of-life care. She is currently investigating organizational barriers to the use of hospice care by African Americans. To support her research, she was awarded a Beeson Career Development Award in Aging Research (6/2007) and a National Palliative Care Research Center Career Development Award (6/2007). Dr. Johnson has received the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Junior Investigator Award and American Geriatrics Society Outstanding Excellence in Geriatric Research Award for her work describing cultural factors which may explain racial differences in the use of advance directives and beliefs and attitudes toward hospice care.

Part I: Ethnogeriatric Foundations
1. Why Ethnogeriatrics is Important
2. Theoretical Foundations
3. Demographic Trends in Aging for Ethnogeriatrics
4. Impact of Immigration: Disease Exposure and Health Maintenance
Part II: Research Issues on Ethnogeriatrics
5. Clinical and Translational Research
6. Trial Participation and inclusion
7. Measurement and Instrumentation
Part III: Clinical Care in Ethnogeriatrics
8. Health Disparities: Access and Utilization
9. Epidemiology of Aging: Racial/Ethnic Specific Disease Prevalence
10. Caregivers: Roles in Health Management
11. Hospice/Palliative Care: Concepts of Disease and Dying
12. Geriatric Psychiatry: Perceptions, Presentations and Treatments
Part IV: Education in Ethnogeriatrics
13. Incorporating Ethnogeriatrics into Training Competencies
14. Assessments for the Practicing Clinicians: Practical Tools
Part V: Policy and Economics
15. Policy: Impact on Delivery and Access
16. The Future of Ethnogeriatrics Part I: Ethnogeriatric Foundations.- Why Ethnogeriatrics is Important.- Theoretical Foundations.- Demographic Trends in Aging for Ethnogeriatrics.- Impact of Immigration: Disease Exposure and Health Maintenance.- Part II: Research Issues on Ethnogeriatrics.- Clinical and Translational Research.- Trial Participation and inclusion.- Measurement and Instrumentation.- Part III: Clinical Care in Ethnogeriatrics.- Health Disparities: Access and Utilization.- Epidemiology of Aging: Racial/Ethnic Specific Disease Prevalence.- Caregivers: Roles in Health Management.- Hospice/Palliative Care: Concepts of Disease and Dying.- Geriatric Psychiatry: Perceptions, Presentations and Treatments.- Part IV: Education in Ethnogeriatrics.- Incorporating Ethnogeriatrics into Training Competencies.- Assessments for the Practicing Clinicians: Practical Tools.- Part V: Policy and Economics.- Policy: Impact on Delivery and Access.- The Future of Ethnogeriatrics.

"The 15 chapters of the book are organized into five main parts and the intended audience includes geriatricians, hospitalists, advance practice nurses, social workers, and others who are part of a multidisciplinary team that provides high-quality care to older patients. ... this is a very informative and ambitious book that pulls together a lot of material that will be useful to academics and clinicians working with diverse older populations." (Sadhna Diwan, The Gerontologist, Vol. 57 (4), August, 2017)