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Thesis
Healthcare Delivery to Soviet Immigrants
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
12/2001
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3932
Abstract
Providing health care services for the refugee and immigrant population is often a difficult task. In today's world it is necessary for providers to learn better ways of delivering services that reduce the effects of a rapid culture change on the health of individuals. Providers must ensure respect for the values and norms the individual brings from his or her old culture. The process of adjustment in recent immigrants is the base for improvement of well-being of society in general and services to a refugee or immigrant in particular. This paper examines potential dilemmas for provision of medical and mental health services to Soviet immigrants as addressed in the literature and in the experience of the author, both as a former refugee and as a health care provider. As the necessity for quality service increases with the growing diversity of the American society, the adjustment issues of new members of society are going to have a significant impact on the ways health care services are being delivered in the United States.
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- Title
- Healthcare Delivery to Soviet Immigrants
- Creators
- Diana Trusevich
- Contributors
- Billie M. Severtsen (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590731101842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis