Multicultural Neurorehabilitation (eBook)

CONTENTS

Contributors

Foreword Stanley Sue, PhD

Preface

Part I: Diversity and the Wider Context of Multicultural Neurorehabilitation

1 Neuroepidemiology and Racial Disparities in Neurorehabilitation Care

Jay M. Uomoto and Jennifer Loughlin

2 Working With People With Disabilities Within a Multiculturalism Framework

Eun-Jeong Lee and Nicole Ditchman

Part II: Multicultural Issues in the Neurorehabilitation Setting

3 Cultural Variables and the Process of Neuropsychological Assessment in the Neurorehabilitation Setting After Brain Injury

Anthony H. Lequerica and Ivan Panyavin

4 Language, Ethnicity, Culture, and the Neurorehabilitation Patient Experience

Aida Saldivar, Fernando Gonzalez, Marlene Vega, and Charlotte Sykora

5 Layers of Culture: Its Influence in a Milieu-Oriented Holistic Neurorehabilitation Setting

Kavitha R. Perumparaichallai and Pamela S. Klonoff

6 The Effects of Acculturation on Neuropsychological Rehabilitation of Ethnically Diverse Persons

Janet P. Niemeier, Joseph Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, and Shawn O. Utsey

Part III: Special Topics in Multicultural Neurorehabilitation

7 Disability Culture: An Ethics Perspective

Thomas R. Kerkhoff and Stephanie L. Hanson

8 The Effective Use of Certified Medical Interpreters in the Neurorehabilitation Setting

Julie Alberty and Jay M. Uomoto

9 Rehabilitation in Military and Veteran Populations: The Impact of Military Culture

Alison N. Cernich, Heather G. Belanger, Michael Pramuka, and William L. Brim

10 Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions in the Neurorehabilitation Setting

Fred Loya and Jay M. Uomoto

11 Spirituality, Religiousness, and Culture in Neurorehabilitation

Vicky T. Lomay and Brick Johnstone

12 On New Directions to Advance the Field of Multicultural Neurorehabilitation

Jay M. Uomoto

Afterword

Index