TY - GEN N2 - Follows patients and families facing critical medical decisions as they navigate their way through the health care system. Provides a look at a variety of patients' cultures and the culture of medicine. Raises an awareness about the role sociocultural barriers play in patient-provider communication and in the provision of healthcare services for culturally and ethnically diverse patients. Shows how cross-cultural conflicts arise and how they can affect health decisions and outcomes. Discusses language barriers, cultural and religious beliefs, racial and ethnic disparities in health care, and reasons for non-adherence to medications. AB - Follows patients and families facing critical medical decisions as they navigate their way through the health care system. Provides a look at a variety of patients' cultures and the culture of medicine. Raises an awareness about the role sociocultural barriers play in patient-provider communication and in the provision of healthcare services for culturally and ethnically diverse patients. Shows how cross-cultural conflicts arise and how they can affect health decisions and outcomes. Discusses language barriers, cultural and religious beliefs, racial and ethnic disparities in health care, and reasons for non-adherence to medications. T1 - Worlds apart :a four-part series on cross-cultural healthcare / DA - ©2003. CY - Boston, MA : AU - Grainger-Monsen, Maren. AU - Haslett, Julia. AU - Schneider, Ken. AU - Green, Alexander R. AU - Betancourt, Joseph R. AU - Carrillo, J. Emilio CN - RA448.4 CN - RA448.4 PB - [Distributed by] Fanlight Productions, PP - Boston, MA : LA - eng LA - pus LA - per LA - mkh LA - spa LA - In English, Pushto, Persian, Khmu, and Spanish with English subtitles; Closed-captioned. PY - ©2003. N1 - Facilitator's guide written by Alexander Green, Joseph Betancourt and J. Emilio Carrillo. ID - 801923 KW - Medical care KW - Minorities SN - 1572958057 SN - 9781572958050 TI - Worlds apart :a four-part series on cross-cultural healthcare / ER -