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Resource Bibliography in Cross Cultural Nursing: Theory

Melinda Mich and Noel Chrisman
University of Washington
Autumn, 1995

Theory: Health Beliefs and Practices

• Benor, D. (1984). Psychic healing. In J. Warren Salmon (Ed.), Alternative medicines. New York: Tavistock?
• Bushy, A. (1992). Cultural considerations for primary health care: Where do self-care and folk medicine fit? Holistic Nursing Practice, 6(3), 10-18.
• Chrisman, N., & Kleinman, A. (1980). Health beliefs and practices among American ethnic groups. Manuscript, 1-57.
• Engbretson, J. (1994). Folk healing and biomedicine: Culture clash or complimentary approach? Journal of Holistic Nursing, 12(3), 240-250.
• Gillick, M. (1985). Common-sense models of health and disease. New England Journal of Medicine, 313(11), 700-703.
• Halper, J., & Berger, L. R. (1981). Naturopaths and childhood immunizations: Heterodoxy among the unorthodox. Pediatrics, 68(3), 407-410.
• Hautman, M. A. (1979). Folk health & illness beliefs. Nurse Practitioner, 4(4).
• Kaufert, J. M., & O'Neil, J. D. (1990). Biomedical rituals and informed consent: Native Canadians and the negotiation of clinical trust. In G. Weisz (Ed.), Social Science Perspectives on Medical Ethics (pp. 41-63). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
• Low, S. M. (1985). Culturally interpreted symptoms or culture-bound syndromes: A cross-cultural review of nerves. Social Science and Medicine, 21(2), 187-196.
• Luck, S. (1994). Cross-cultural healing. Journal of Holistic Healing, 12(3), 237-238.
• Pachter, L. M. (1994). Culture and clinical care: Folk illness beliefs and behaviors and their implications for health care delivery. Journal of the American Medical Association, 271(9), 690-694.
• Roberson, M. H. (1987). Folk health beliefs of health professionals. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 9(2), 257-263.
• Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. (1990). How Can Blood Save Your Life? New York: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. International Bible Students Association. Booklet.