Center for Cultural Diversity
Library Books

Through a special arrangement with the Center for Cultural Diversity at Mountain States Health Alliance, ETSU faculty, staff and current students may borrow books from their holdings.  Please contact Deborah Eller Nichols, Pastoral Care/Cultural Coordinator at EllerDR@msha.com.

African American Alternative Medicine: Using Alternative Medicine to Prevent and Control Chronic Diseases.  Eric J. Bailey.  2002.  A teaching text and resource guide for students, health care professionals, health care researchers, health care policy makers, and the general public that examines alternative medical belief systems and practices from an African American perspective.

Against Relativism: Cultural Diversity and the Search for Ethical Universals in Medicine.  Ruth Macklin.  1999.  The author examines the role of cultural tradition, often used as a defense against critical ethical judgments, and explores key issues in health and medicine in the context of cultural diversity: the physician-patient relationship, disclosing a diagnosis of a fatal illness, informed consent, brain death and organ transplantation, rituals surrounding birth and death, female genital mutilation, sex selection of off-spring, fertility regulation,  and biomedical research involving human subjects.  Among the conclusions the author reaches are that ethical universals exist, but must not be confused with ethical absolutes.

Age and Dignity: Working with Older People.  Neil Thompson.  1995. 
The text takes as its starting point the need to understand – and challenge – the role of ageism in constructing barriers to achieving a positive and dignified experience of old age.  The implications of developing anti-ageist practice are drawn out, to begin to equip practitioners for the challenges of empowering older people and their caregivers.

Age Wave: How the Most Important Trend of Our Time Will Change Your Future.  Ken Dychtwald and Joe Flower.  1990.  The generation between the ages of thirty-five and fifty is the largest, most powerful, most influential generation in American history.  This is the Age Wave – a revolution that is crashing through our culture, reforming our expectations, and changing the very meaning of aging.  Here is the first comprehensive analysis of the consequences, now and in the next decades, of the aging Baby Boom – the most significant societal force of our day.

Aging and Diversity: An Active Learning Experience.  Stephen B. Fried and Chandra M. Mehrotra.  1994.  Continuing diversification demands that students of gerontology and service providers for the elderly learn how factors such as ethnicity, gender, social class, and religion affect aging.   The book argues that to better address the health and service needs of a rapidly growing and more diverse segment of the population, education and gerontology must be taught from a multi-cultural perspective.

American Slavery.  Peter Kolchin.  2003.
In its accessibility and comprehensive coverage, American Slavery is a singularly important achievement.  Now updated to address a decade of new scholarship, th book includes a new preface and afterword and a revised and expanded bibliographic essay.  It remains the best introduction we have to a subject of profound and lasting importance, one that lies at the center of American history.

Anatomy of Racial Attitudes, The.  Richard A. Apostle, Charles Y. Glock, Thomas Piazza, Marijean Suelzle.  1983.  This study promises to influence not only the course of future academic research on race relations but also the formulation of public policy to deal with racial problems.  It reveals that the resistance of many whites to policies favorable to blacks is not an isolated phenomenon but instead is part of a comprehensive view of how society works.  If strides toward racial equality are to be made in the foreseeable future, the insights provided her must be considered seriously by policy makers and be incorporated into their strategies.

And We are Not Save: The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice.  Derrick Bell.  1987.  A distinguished legal scholar and civil rights activist employs a series of dramatic fables and dialogues to probe the foundations of America’s racial attitudes and raise disturbing questions about the nature of our society.

Appalachian Cultural Competency: A Guide for Medical, Mental Health, and Social Service Professionals.  Susan E. Keefe, Editor.  2005.

Atlas of American Diversity.  Larry Hajime Shinagawa and Michael Jang.  1998.

            Visually captures for the reader the racial and ethnic variety of contemporary America.  Through the use of over 200 maps and charts, the Atlas tells the story of dozens of these groups -- from Tongan Americans to Salvadoran Americans to Italian Americans.  It examines their residential patterns in the United States, their family patterns, occupations, age distribution, income, immigration history, and housing preferences, among other topics.

Back Talk from Appalachia: Confronting Stereotypes.  Editors: Dwight B. Billings, Gurney Norman and Katherine Ledford.  2001.  The Paintsville Herald describes this book as “Envisioned as a response to Robert Schenkkan’s 1991 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Kentucky Cycle, the book’s editors hoped to directly confront what they viewed as the play’s unfair characterizations of Appalachians . . . . In that goal, the book succeeds and exceeds.  Rather than just a knee-jerk reaction to Schenkkan’s play, the book’s 21 essays instead tackle a century’s worth of stereotypes . . . . An additional benefit is that it also lends its readers a sense of Appalachian pride which all too often seems nonexistent today.”

Becoming American: Our Struggle to be Both Free and Equal.  Cary Carson.  1988.  This account of Colonial Williamsburg tells how diverse peoples, holding different and sometimes conflicting personal ambitions, evolved into a society that valued both liberty and equality.  American cherish these values as their birthright, even when their promise remains unfulfilled.

Best Guide to Eastern Philosophy & Religion, The.  Diane Morgan.  2001.
A discussion of the most widely practiced belief systems of the East with an emphasis on the tenets and customs that Western seekers find most compelling.

Black Church in the African American Experience, The.  C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya.  1990.
Drawing on interviews with more than 1,800 black clergy in both urban and rural settings, combined with a comprehensive historical overview of seven mainline black denominations, the authors present an analysis of the Black Church as it relates to the history of African Americans and to contemporary black culture.

Black Underclass, The: Poverty, Unemployment and Entrapment of Ghetto Youth.  Douglas G. Glasgow.  1981.  Based on research conducted in Watts between 1965 and 1968, with a followup in 1975, concentrating on a group of so-called “problem” youths between the ages of 18 and 34, the author analyzes the reasons why a black underclass continues to exist in this country, and offers a new understanding of the aspiration, and motivations of ghetto youth, adding an important dimension to the debate of race vs. class.

Boomers, Xers, and Other Strangers: Understanding the Generational Differences That Divide Us.  Dr. Rick and Kathy Hicks.  1999.  Ever wonder why your kids, parents, and even coworkers think and feel so differently than you do no core issues?  The authors contend and demonstrate that many of our core values are shaped largely by what was going on in our culture and world when we were about ten years old.  By recognizing the factors that give rise to our own values and those of other generations, we can achieve greater mutual understanding and reconciliation with our children, peers, and coworkers, rather than finding ourselves in conflict.  An effective tool for bridging the generation gap.

Building a House for Diversity.  R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.  1999.

            Brings the subject up close and personal by letting people tell their own stories about diversity in corporate settings.  Includes pre-assessments and post-tests with answer keys and author commentary.

Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam, A.  I.A. Ibrahim.  1997.
74 pages long.

Caring for Patients from Different Cultures.  Geri-Ann Galanti.  2004.
This book contains over 200 case studies illustrating cross-cultural misunderstanding and culturally competent health care.  The chapters cover a diverse range of topics, including birth, end of life, traditional medicine, mental health, pain, religion, and multicultural staff issues.  The case studies illustrate important concepts form the fields of cultural diversity and medical anthropology.  This volume is an important resource for nurses and physicians in achieving cultural competency.

Celebrating Diversity.  Benyamin Chetkow-Yanoov.  1999.
Learn pragmatic ways to replace conflictive behaviors between diverse people with coexistence alternatives.  Coexistence – partnership values and skills help us to outgrow ways of the past – competition, suspicion, manipulation, isolation, victimization.  These skills enhance our own lives as well as those of future generations.

Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics.  Thomas Byrne Edsall and Mary D. Edsall.  1991.  In a steady evolutionary process, race and taxes came to intersect with an entire range of domestic issues, from welfare policy to civil service testing, from drug enforcement to housing regulation, from college admission standards to suburban zoning practices.  Scarcely an area of American life was left untouched by these changes.  Chain Reaction delves deep into the wellsprings of American political behavior and gives us a portrait of American society in the last decade of the twentieth century.

Cherokee Heritage Trails Guidebook.  Barbara R. Duncan & Brett H. Riggs.  2003.
Enriched by Cherokee voices, this guidebook offers a unique journey into the homeland of the Easter Band of Cherokee Indians in the mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia.  The Cherokee people invite travelers to look beyond easily visible aspects of Cherokee culture and to find a deeper Cherokee heritage – rooted in sacred places, community ties, storytelling, folk arts, and centuries of history.

Clinical Interview of the Child, The.  Stanley I. Greenspan.  2003.

            Text provides guidance for assessing and understanding the developing child in all dimensions of mental life and behavior. Includes the framework for observation of the child, examples of clinical interviews with children, and methods of conducting the interview.

Color-Blind: Seeing Beyond Race in a Race-Obsessed World.  Ellis Cose.  1997.  Drawing on the experiences of South Africa and Latin America, Cose illustrates why it has been impossible for the United States to move directly from race relations hell (where discrimination is sanctioned and animosity flows freely) to race relations utopia (where discrimination is condemned and a race-neutral society prevails) without passing through a purgatory where legal barriers have been dropped but racial misunderstandings and ingrained prejudices persist.  With the concrete solutions of a true visionary, Cose concludes by offering twelve steps toward the society of Dr. King’s dream, presenting America with a powerful challenge to achieve its true potential.

Colors of Childhood, The: Separation-Individuation Across Cultural, Racial, and Ethic Differences.  Salman Akhtar, M.D. and Selma Kramer, M.D.  1998.  Child-rearing practices and their influence on development, adaptation, and cultural identity are studied from the perspectives of Japanese, African-American, and South Asian cultures, as is the important question of how immigration and a new social environment impact those child-rearing practices.

Complete Idiot's Guide to Christianity.  Jeffrey B. Webb, Ph.D. 2004.
Simple explanations of the geographical and cultural factors that divide the Christian faith.  Insights into what Catholics, Episcopalians, Baptists, and others believe - and why.  Facts about what fundamentalists believe about the Bible, other Christians, and the wider world - especially politics.

Complete Idiot’s Guide to World Religions.  Brandon Toropov and Father Luke Buckles.  2002.  The fundamentals of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.  The origins of Asian religions including Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto.  The beliefs of ancient faiths of the Egyptians, Druids, Aztecs, and Incas.  The traditions of nonscriptural nature religions from Africa, North America and island cultures.

Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith, A.  Peter Smith.  2000.
Regarded as the second most widespread faith after Christianity, with adherents in almost every country around the globe, the Bahá'í Faith is nevertheless unfamiliar to many.  The author traces the origins and development of the religion from nineteenth-century Iran to the modern day, introducing its central figures and major historical events.

Conflict of Rights, A: The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action.   Melvin I. Urofsky.  1991.   In 1974, both Diane Joyce and Paul Johnson applied for the position of road dispatcher, a job in the skilled-craft category in the Santa Clara County Transportation Agency.  Diane, fearing that she would be kept out by the old-boy network in the agency, appealed to the affirmative action officer and ultimately got the job.  Paul thought he deserved the position and had been discriminated against, so he took his complaint to court.  While neither saw themselves as crusaders, their struggle over the right to be hired would be fought in the Supreme Court.

Cross-Cultural Dialogues: 74 Brief Encounters with Cultural Difference.  Craig Storti.  1994.
A collection of brief conversations (4-8 lines) between an American and someone from another country and culture.  Short as each dialogue is, it has buried within it at least one, and usually several breaches of cultural norms which the reader is challenged to figure out.  And a challenge it is: the exchanges are so brief and innocuous that even the wariest among us are sandbagged by the dialogues’ hidden subtleties.

Crossing Cultures in Mental Health.  Diane R. Koslow and Elizabeth Pathy Salett, Editors.  2001.  This collection of articles focuses on working with Latinos, Southeast Asian refugees and sojourners and on the nature of cross-cultural transitions.  It addresses issues in cross-cultural counseling and communication such as culture shock, post traumatic stress disorder, and exploring one’s own cultural identity. 

Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Resource Guide for Speech-Language Pathologists.  Brian Goldstein.  2000.

            A comprehensive guide designed for speech-language pathologists who work with individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse populations.  It bridges the gap between existing research and the use of that information in clinical practice.  It includes easy-to-access information on normative data, assessment techniques, intervention approaches, and resources.  Practical information is included to help readers provide speech and language services that meet the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse populations.

Cultural Competence in Healthcare.  Anne Rundle, et.al., Editors.  1999
An manual for health care professionals containing detailed, practical information about dozens of religious and cultural groups, expanding knowledge of customs and beliefs concerning illness, death and religious observances in the hospital setting.  This resource provides suggestions for meeting JCAHO standards and stringent new regulatory standards for culturally sensitive care.

Cultural Diversity and Geriatric Care: Challenges to the Health Professions.  Wieland, Benton, et.al, Editors.  1994.
Should our country strive to maintain its traditional "melting pot" approach to cultural diversity where all citizens are encouraged to assimilate basic American ideas and values, or should we embrace the pluralistic model of society which strives to protect and enhance cultural diversity?  While ideological debate continues, pragmatic concerns related to the aging of our multicultural population must be faced.  This collection of articles allows the reader to face some of these concerns and to share in some solutions.

Cultural Diversity in the Workplace.  George Henderson.  1994. 
Effective management of diversity is good business.  It takes effective communication, conflict resolution, and the creation of an inclusive organizational culture to succeed.  This comprehensive book helps administrators better understand the problems they face – and how to deal with them – be dispelling the myths and facing the realities of cultural diversity.

Culture and the Clinical Encounter: An Intercultural Sensitizer for the Health Professions.  Rena C. Gropper.  1996.  Accurate Cross-cultural communication may mean the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful medical intervention.  Professor Gropper uses critical incidents to educate health professionals about the importance of cultural difference in health care deliver.  Each incident presents a cross-cultural conflict or problem in a clinical context, for which the reader must choose the best of four possible explanations.  Among the twenty-three cultures represented are African American, Asian American, Dominican, Filipino, Haitian, Latino American, Mexican, Native American, Rom (Gypsy) and Vietnamese.

Culture & Nursing Care: A Pocket Guide.  Ed., Juliene G. Lipson, Suzanne L. Dibble, Pamela A. Minarik.  1996.  A clear, concise guide to dealing with several different ethic/culture groups.  Native American; African-, Arab-, Central-, Chinese-, Japanese-, and Mexican- American; Brazilian, Cambodian, Colombian, Cuban, Ethiopian, Filipino, Gypsy, Haitian, Hmong, Iranian, Korean, Puerto Rican, Russian, Samoan, South Asian, Vietnamese, and West Indian.

Culture Care Diversity & Universality: A Theory of Nursing.  Madeline M. Leininger, Editor.  2001.  As the primary and definitive source of this theory, this hallmark publication includes: an explication of the theory with its philosophical base, tenets, assumptions, purpose, and goal; a presentation of the ethnonursing qualitative research method; seven classic research studies demonstrating use of the theory and methodology in achieving culturally congruent nursing care; and tables depicting research findings on the cultural values of 23 different cultures.

Cultural Context of Health, Illness, and Medicine, The.  Martha O. Loustaunau and Elisa J. Sobo.  1997.  Summarizing the vast literature on culture and caring in a lively and jargon-free fashion, sociologist Loustaunau and anthropologist Sobo introduce readers to the practice of culturally sensitive health care.  With engaging examples, they describe the special approaches sociologists and anthropologists take to health, clearly illustrating the main concepts used in the two fields.  The authors demonstrate the ways in which cultural and social factors shape medicine and health care.  After a discussion of culture, the social structure and the impact of poverty, class, gender, and family patterns on health, illness and care-seeking, they explain the similarities and difference of medical systems cross-culturally.  The authors call for a more flexible and culturally sensitive system of health care that expresses caring in more holistic ways, and offer examples as to how this might be accomplished in the increasingly multicultural USA.

Cultural Diversity in the United States.  Larry L. Naylor, Ed.  1997.
This collection of readings provides a basic introduction to the topic and concepts of cultural diversity as it has come to characterize the culture of the United States. Particular attention is given to the practice of racial, ethnic, and special interest group characterizations.

Creating the Multicultural Organization.  Taylor Cox, Jr.  2001.
An innovative, systematic five part model for developing a diversity-competent organization.  The book includes an integrated case study on managing diversity efforts at Alcoa, one of the world’s largest companies. Chapter endnotes integrate relevant research, and each chapter of the book ends with a set of questions designed to provoke thoughtful dialogue and support action planning around the ideas presented in that chapter.

Developing Intercultural Awareness: A Cross-Cultural Training Handbook. L. Robert Kohls and John M. Knight.  1994.  A resource for intercultural educators and trainers working in virtually any setting.  Furthermore, while the one- and two-day workshop designs are useful, especially for the less experienced teacher or trainer, the collected materials by themselves constitute a valuable resource for anyone wishing to expand his or her general training or teaching repertoire.

Different Mirror, A: A History of Multicultural America.  Ronald Takaki.  1993.  A dramatic retelling of our nation’s past by today’s preeminent multiculturalism scholar, this book examines America’s history in “a different mirror” – from the perspective of the minority peoples themselves.  Beginning with the colonization of the “New World” and ending with the Los Angeles riots of 1992, this book recounts the history of America in the voices of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States – Native Americans, African American, Jews, Irish American, Asian American, Latinos, and others – groups who helped created this country[s rich mosaic culture.  In this significant work of scholar ship, Professor Takaki grapples with the raw truth of American history and examines the ultimate question of whit it means to be an American.

Diversity: New Approaches to Ethnic Minority Aging.  E. Percil Stanford and Fernando M. Torees-Gil, Editors. 
From the Generations and Aging Series.

Effective Communication in Multicultural Health Care Setting.  Gary L Kreps & Elizabeth N. Kunimoto.  1994.  Lays the groundwork for effective navigation of a diverse health care system by providing innovative descriptions of relevant theory and research, presenting realistic case histories, and recommending specific communication strategies.

Emotions across Languages and Cultures: Diversity and Universals.  Anna Wierzbicka.  1999.  This book brings psychological, anthropological and linguistic insights to bear on our understanding of the way emotions are expressed and experienced in different cultures, languages, and culturally shaped social relations.

End of Racism, The.  Dinesh D’Souza.  1995.  In this daring and highly provocative exploration of the history, nature, and ultimate meaning of racism, bestselling author Dinesh D’Souza challenges deeply held orthodoxies about race and racism in America.  Was slavery a racist institution?  Is America a racist society?  Is Eurocentrism a racist concept?  Can African Americans be racist?  Transcending accepted boundaries of racial discourse, D’Souza argues that the liberal crusade against racism is detrimental to both blacks and whites, and that our next step must be to eliminate race as the basis for identity and public policy.  He offers essential guidelines for achieving the ultimate goal of a harmonious multiracial society.

Ethnic Variations in Dying, Death and Grief.  Donald Irish, et.al., Editors.  1993.
Illustrative episodes and in-depth presentations of selected ethnic patterns.  Includes funeral and mourning customs and multicultural issues.

Everything Understanding Islam Book.  Christine Huda Dodge.  2003.
This book provides the reader with a complete introduction to Islam, including: the life of Muhammad the Prophet; the Qur’an and the Sunnah; the six articles of faith and other Muslim beliefs; the five pillars of practice; Muslim daily life; and women and Islam.

Far Appalachia.  Noah Adams.  2001.
With his sharp eye and gentle wit, Noah Adams doesn’t just tell stories, he lets them unfold – quietly, powerfully, and eloquently.  Now the beloved host of NPR’s All Things Considered and bestselling author of Piano Lessons takes us on a river journey through the heart of Appalachia – a journey shared by pioneers and preachers, white-water daredevils, bluegrass musicians, and an unforgettable cast of vivid historical characters.

Fiesta Culture, The.  D. Russell Martinez.  2002.
A critical look at the “Salsafication” of America from the Hispanic fiesta elements of food, music and dance.    Beyond this interpretation  of Hispanic influence in America are troubling social and political implications and impacts.

Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia.  Anthony Cavender.  2003.
In the first comprehensive exploration of the history and practice of folk medicine in the Appalachian region, Anthony Cavender melds folklore, medical anthropology, and Appalachian history and draws extensively on oral histories and archival sources from the 19^th century to the present.  He provides a complete tour of ailments and folk treatments organized by body systems, as well as information on medicinal plants, patent medicines, and magico-religious beliefs and practices.  He investigates folk healers and their methods, profiling three living practitioners, an herbalist, a faith healer, and a Native American healer.  The book also includes and appendix of botanicals and a glossary of folk medical terms.  Demonstrating the ongoing interplay between mainstream scientific medicine and folk medicine, Cavender challenges the conventional view of southern Appalachia as an exceptional region isolated form outside contact.  His thorough and accessible study reveals how Appalachian folk medicine encompasses such diverse and important influences as European and Native American culture and America’s changing medical and healthcare environment.  In doing so, he offers a compelling representation of the cultural history of the region as seen through its health practices.

Four Spiritualities: Expressions of Self, Expressions of Spirit: A Psychology of Contemporary Spiritual Choice.  Peter Tufts Richardson.  1996.  Distinguishing four spiritual paths corresponding to Jungian dimensions of personality – the Journey of Unity, Journey of Devotion, Journey of Works, and Journey of Harmony – this book provides a framework for understanding opportunities for spiritual growth and for finding a meaningful path in the myriad of contemporary spiritual choices.

Forbidden Body, The.  Shelley Bovey.  1989.  Being fat is not a sin, but, Shelley Bovey argues, the majority of overweight women are made to feel otherwise.  Those who don't fit into society's strict limits on size are not just the butt of seaside postcards: they are considered stupid, incompetent and even deviant.  This successful and forthright book has already struck chords for thousands of women for whom weight is a worrying issue.  Bovey puts tough questions to surgeons, dieticians and others with a vested interest in women wanting to be thinner, and talks to doctors who confess that prejudice, not scientific fact, makes them condemn fat women as unhealthy.  This book helps find a way out of the miserable isolation so many women feel because of their size, it is about losing guilt and inhibition, not weight.

Fundamentals of Nursing: Human Health and Function.  Ruth F. Craven and Constance J. Hirnle.  2003.  (This book is available in the JCMC Learning Resources Library.)

Emotions across Languages and Cultures: Diversity and Universals.  Anna Wierzbicka.  1999.  The author brings psychological, anthropological and linguistic insights to bear on our understanding of the way emotions are expressed and experience in different cultures, languages, and culturally shaped social relations.

Employing Generation Why? Understanding , Managing, and Motivating Your New Workforce.  Eric Chester.  2002.  Millions of post-Generation Xers (born after 1980) are rapidly entering the workforce - and society - with a whole new set of attitudes, values, and beliefs.  Although they are better educated, more techno-savvy, and quicker to adapt than those who have come before them, they refuse to blindly conform to traditional standards and time-honored institutions.  Instead, they boldly ask WHY?

Gender Diversity.  Serena Nanda. 2000.
This eye-opening account of the differences in how sex/gender diversity is experienced in seven cultures raises our consciousness and challenges our intellectual understandings and attitudes about what we consider natural, normal, and morally right.  Nanda’s examples, which reveal the complexity of social responses toward sex/gender diversity, are ethnographically well documented and represent various geographical areas and sex/gender ideologies.  In classic anthropological fashion, Nanda’s text enables us to cross the barriers of cultural difference to a recognition of a greater shared humanity.

Generations at Work: Managing the Clash of Veterans, Boomers, Xers and Nexters in Your Workplace.  Ron Zemke, Claire Raines and Bob Filipczak.  2000.  In our age-diverse workplace of conflicting work ethics, dissimilar values, and idiosyncratic styles, this groundbreaking book supplies fresh, insightful strategies for understanding – and overcoming – generational differences.

Gestures: The DO’s and TABOOs of Body Language Around the World.  Roger E. Axtell.  1997.  Exploring the ins and outs of body language from head to toe, this newly revised and expanded edition of Roger Axtell’s indispensable guide takes you all around the world of gestures – what they mean, how to use them, and when to avoid them.

Grace Matters.  Chris P. Rice.  2002.
An extraordinary group of ordinary people enter into a bold experiment, creating an interracial faith community called Antioch.  Over the next fourteen years, this dedicated group of black and white Christians joined forces to try to live the vision of the Sermon on the Mount. In so doing they not only grew in their lives together but also found new depth and energy in their ministry to their inner-city neighbors.

Growing Old is Not for Sissies: Portraits of Senior Athletes.  Etta Clark.  1986. 
“Etta Clark has chosen for her topic the persistence of physical youthfulness in the elderly.  Gaze long enough at these old men and women with their sparse grey hair their wrinkles, and dewlaps, and all at once the anatomized signs of advancing years grow less and less apparent until at last what you see in each is the glowing core of the youth of long ago . . .”

Handbook of Denominations in the United States.  Frank S. Mead, Samuel S. Hill.  2001.
Recognized as an accurate and objective source of information on religious bodies in the United States.  It also offers historical background, doctrinal summary, and statistical data on 200 groups.

Handling Diversity in the Workplace: Communication is the Key.  Kay Dupont.  1997.  (This book is available in the JCMC Learning Resources Center.)

Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices.  Julius Lipner.  1994.
A major study of religious Hinduism explaining the evolution and multidimensional nature of the religion in a clear and direct fashion.

Hispanic Catholic Culture in the U.S.   Jay P. Dolan and Allan Figueroa Deck, Editors.  1994.  This text brings to non-Hispanic readers an overview of the history and the ongoing issues underlying the Euro-American Church’s policies toward the fastest – growing segment of its membership.

History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees.  James Mooney.  1992.
This book contains the full texts of Myths of the Cherokees and The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees by James Mooney as originally published by the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1900 and 1891, respectively.  

Holy Lands: One Place Three Faiths.  Life publication.  2002.
Judaism, Christianity, Islam.  The world's three great monotheistic religions have a long, intertwined history.  They embrace a belief in a single Lord: Yahweh, God, Allah.  They have a common, ancient patriarch in Abraham.  Their stories are filled with events that took place in the Middle East, where, yes, the religions have had periods of violent strife - periods including the present day.  This volume examines, in words and pictures, the fascinating, difficult religious history of that region, and seeks answers to timeless problems.

Imitation of Life.  Fannie Hurst.  1933.  Bea Pullman lives only for work; so does her maid, Delilah.  When their ambitions meet, they become an unstoppable force.  But Delilah's daughter turn’s bad, runs away from home, passes for white, and breaks her mother’s heart.  And when Bea decides she’s got enough bucks and is ready to live, she finds that it’s too late – life has passed her by.

Immigrants and Cultural Adaptation in the American Workplace: A Study of Muslim Employees.  Khalid M. Alkhazraji.  1997.  The ever increasing cultural diversity of the United States is creating unparalleled challenges for today's managers. This study investigates how U.S. Muslim employees adapt to U.S. organizational cultures.  This study should help managers manage the cultural diversity which exists in their work force by understanding the different strategies which minorities and immigrant employees use to adapt.

Intercultural Communication: An Introduction.  Fred E. Jandt.  2000.
By presenting multicultural issues in the United States as well as in other countries, Jandt guides the reader to understanding intercultural communication from a truly international perspective.

Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation.  M. Robert Mulholland, Jr.  1993.  The author defines spiritual formation ad “the process of being conformed to the image of Christ for the sake of others.”   He shows how different personalities call for different forms of piety.

Live and Times of Frederick Douglass.  Frederick Douglas.  Introduction copyright 1993.  His early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history.

Lure and Loathing: Essays on Race, Identity, and the Ambivalence of Assimilation.  Gerald Early, Editor.  1993.  Several authors are here, writing with vast originality and candor about the “lure and loathing” that characterize the experience of black people in white America.  Together, they have produced a book that will galvanize, stimulate – and sometimes discomfort – readers both black and white, now and for years to come.

Managing Diversity Inequality in Health Care.  Carol Baxter, Editor.  2001.
Nurses need to breaks down barriers and deliver quality care regardless of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation and age.  Moreover, health services need to continue to develop a diverse workforce to deliver this care.  This book tackles these issues head on and provides both a theoretical framework and extensive practical guidance in this vital task.  (Legal references are to British law.)

Managing Diversity in Healthcare.  Lee Gardenswartz, Anita Rowe. 1998.
A difficult topic that can no longer be considered optional for any health care professional.  The authors have balanced theory, facts and statistics with an understanding of the “cultural software” we all possess.  The book forces us to question the assumptions we have about our patients and offers concrete suggestions and resources for fighting against stereotypes in our work.

Managing Generation X.  Bruce Tulgan.  2000.  How to bring out the best talent in the post-Baby Boom generation.

Managing Generation Y: Global Citizens Born in the Late Seventies and Early Eighties.  Dr. Carolyn A. Martin and Bruce Tulgan.  Discover the Gen Y traits that pose the greatest challenges to managers as well as the best practices you can implement immediately to keep these upbeat, techno-savvy workers focused and motivated.

A Matter of Preference: A Book about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.    Dorothy May Emerson.  1986.  Includes history and related concepts, explanations of type and temperament, and how MBTI can be used.

Medical Interview, The.  John L. Coulehan and Marion R. Block.  2001.
This book will help you learn the art of medical interviewing though examples of real clinician-patient dialogues – both good and bad.  In this new edition, Drs. Coulehan and Block dedicate chapters to CAM, malpractice prevention, and cultural sensitivity and diversity and expand sections on taking a sexual history, interviewing the adolescent, alternative lifestyles, and spirituality.

More than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel.  Spencer Perkins & Chris Rice.    2000.  This book shows how the cause of racial reconciliation needs yokefellows, not only for the sake of racial harmony but for the witness of the gospel.

Mountain Hands.  Sam Veneble.  2000.
Hazel Pendley creates heirloom-quality quilts.  Ed Ripley wraps bits of fur and feathers into trout flies the size of gnats.  Edna Hartong still makes an item that has all but disappeared from the American scene: lye soap.  All of these people, and many more like them, are Appalachians who work with their hands.  Journalist Sam Venable and photographer Paul Efird spent four years combing the hills and hollows of Southern Appalachia to find these talented individuals and let them talk about their work.  This book is an intimate look at more than three dozen such craftspeople and their vocations.

My Own Country.  Abraham Verghese.  1994. 
Johnson City saw its first AIDS patient in August 1985. Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases who became, by necessity, the local AIDS expert. Out of his experience comes a startling, ultimately uplifting portrait of the American heartland.

Negro Church in America, The / The Black Church Since Frazier.   E. Franklin Frazier / C. Eric Lincoln.  1974.  Frazier offers a brief analysis of the historical origin and a classic study in American ethnic history.  According to C. Eric Lincoln, the turbulent decade of the Sixties witnessed the death of the Negro Church.  In its place, the offspring of the conflict between “conscienceless power” and “powerless conscience,” is the Black Church.  No longer the dependent bastion of Black prudence, Black institutional religion – whether traditional, Pentecostal, or Muslim – has assumed a new role of leadership in its centuries-old quest for social and spiritual justice in America.

Negro in the Making of America, The.  Benjamin Quarles.  1987.  Quarles not only surveys the role of black Americans as they engage in the dual, simultaneous processes of assimilating into and transforming the culture of their country, but also provides a portrait of the white response to blacks, holding a mirror up to the deeper moral complexion of our nation’s history. 

Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religions.  Joyce Higginbotham, River Higginbotham.  2002.   Paganism is a broad term that encompasses many different earth-centered paths such as Wicca, Druidism, and Asatru, whose practitioners embrace the idea that the natural world is sacred.  This book is an introduction to the beliefs, ethics, and practices of modern Pagans.

Paved with Good Intentions: The Failure of Race Relations in Contemporary America.  Jared Taylor.  1992.  The author cites studies showing that racism has declined dramatically in virtually all areas of American life.  Yet, despite this progress, an enormous body of policy and opinion rests on the belief that American society is relentlessly prejudiced.  He contends that programs and assumptions of this kind are dangerous and often have unintended consequences.  They taint the achievements of blacks, they encourage distrust of public institutions, they foster conspiracy theories, and they alienate large segments of society.  The book argues that America’s racial problems can be cured only if they are honestly understood.  But so long as whites are held chiefly responsible for the situation of blacks, policies such as affirmative action and quotas that penalize one group to reward another will only make things worse.

Pema Chödrön Collection, The.  Pema Chödrön.  2003.
Buddhist writings.  1) The Wisdom of No Escape.  2) Start Where You Are.  3) When Things Fall Apart.

Problems and Issues of Diversity in the United States.  Larry L. Naylor, Ed.  1999.
For those already familiar with the cultural diversity of America and is designed to generate discussion of the issues and problems.

Promoting Cultural Diversity: Strategies for Health Care Professionals.  Kathryn Hopkins Kavanagh and Patricia H. Kennedy.  1992.
A resource that offers techniques for understanding and appreciating differences in others.  The authors analyze the issues surrounding cultural, gender, ideological and experiential diversity focusing on effective communication skills and intervention strategies.  They also offer a repertoire of experiential strategies and aids for learning about diversity, and present a variety of scenarios, collages and extensive case studies to illustrate and encourage the analysis of real life situations,

Race, Gender, and Health.  Marcia Bayne-Smith, Editor.  1995.
Exploring structural and cultural factors that affect women’s health issues, the contributors provide a detailed examination of four different groups of women: African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander American, and Latinas.

Race, Gender & Rhetoric: The True State of Race and Gender Relations in Corporate America.  John P. Fernandez.  1998.  98% of America’s top positions are still held by white males.  Race and gender discrimination claims are still increasing after 34 years of laws and affirmative action designed to end discrimination.  This book is corporate America’s definitive work on the subject of gender and race relations in the workplace.  Backed by the author’s 25 years of research and corporate experience, this book discusses ways in which corporations can examine their structures, policies, managerial philosophies, and capabilities so that real and permanent change can be realized.

Race Matters.  Cornel West.  1994.
The subject matter ranges form the crisis in black leadership and the myths surrounding black sexuality to affirmative action, the new black conservatism, and the strained relations between Jews and African American.  He never hesitates to confront the prejudices of all his readers – or wavers in his insistence that they share a common destiny.  First published in 1993 on the one-year anniversary of the L.A. riots.

Rage of a Privileged Class, The: Why are middle-class blacks angry?  Why should America care?  Ellis Cose.  1993.  Why should people who have enjoyed all the fruits of the civil rights revolution be quietly seething inside?  Distinguished journalist Ellis Cose examines in depth the discrimination that haunts even the most affluent and best-educated African Americans.

Religions: Encountering People of Other Faiths.  Diane Hynson, Editor.  1995.
Designed as a guide for teens to learn of different religions.  Articles offer accurate, unbiased information.

Religions in Asian America.  Pyong Gap Min and Jung Ha Kim.  2002.
The flux of Asian immigration over the last 35 years has deeply altered the United States’ religious landscape.  But neither social scientists nor religious scholars have fully appreciated the impact of these growing communities.  Asian immigrant religious communities are significant to the study of American religion not only because there are more than ten million Asian Americans.  Asian American religions differ substantially from models drawn from European religions, pushing for new wider understandings.  This book provides a comprehensive overview of the religious practices of Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian Americans.  How these communities work through issues of gender, race, transnationalism, income disparities and social service, and the passing along an ethnic identity to the next generation make up the common themes that reach across essays about the varying communities.

Religions of the World.  Lewis M. Hopfe and Mark R. Woodward.  2001.
Readers are first introduced to the basic vocabulary of the field and to some of the theories of the origin of religion.  The text then goes on the explore the major living religions: the historical and cultural factors that produced them, the lives of their founders, their basic teachings and their historical development and current status in the world.  Study questions are included at the end of each chapter.  A free online study guide is available www.prenhall.com/hopfe.

Remembering Jim Crow.  Edited by William H. Chafe, Raymond Gavins,  Robert Korstad and the staff of the Behind the Veil project.  African Americans tell about their life in the segregated South.  Based on interviews, this remarkable book contains extensive transcripts of audio recordings by people who lived it.

            Remembering Jim Crow.  Audio recordings of African Americans telling about their life in the segregated South.  2 CD set.

Return to Glory : The Powerful Stirring of the Black Race.  Joel A. Freeman, Ph.D. and Don B. Griffin.  2003. 
Historical and contemporary contributions of black people. Beginning with a careful documentation of how God entrusted people of African descent with the initial development of civilized societies, this book then directs its readers on a magnificent tour of life in America through the triumphant stories of contemporary African-Americans.

Rural Women's Health: Mental, Behavioral, and Physical Issues.  Editors: Raymond Coward, et.al. 

            Encompasses the breadth and depth of the unique physical and psychological needs facing rural women throughout the United States and Canada, and identifies positive interventions and outcomes. 

Substance of Things Hoped For, The: A Memoir of African-American Faith.  Samuel DeWitt Proctor.  1995.  The author takes the reader on a personal journey that begins with his grandparents’ slavery and ends with his vision of a full fruition of the African-American experience, and a celebration of the tie that holds African Americans together: simple, tenacious faith.

Singing Bowls: A Practical Handbook of Instruction and Use.  Eva Rudy Jansen.1992.
Streams of refugees have left Tibet since the Chinese invasion, bringing with them various ritual objects now being sold in the West.  This book explains the Himalayan bowls – also known as Tibetan or Nepalese singing bowls – and the special sounds they make, called sound massage.  The author discusses the meeting between East and West, singing bowls, sacrificial dishes, how the bowls work, synchronization and inner massage, shamanism and brainwaves, and practical instruction for working with these sounds.

Skilled Dialogue: Strategies for Responding to Cultural Diversity in Early Childhood.  Isaura Barrera, Robert Corso.  2003.
This book gives readers a model for meeting one of their biggest challenges: honoring he diverse identities of the children and families they serve.  Skilled dialogue is a field-tested model for respectful, reciprocal, and responsive interaction that honors cultural beliefs and values.

Sneetches, The: And Other Stories.  Dr. Seuss.  1961.
This collection of four of Dr. Seuss’s most winning stories begins with that unforgettable tale of the Sneetches, bamboozled by one Sylvester McMonkey McBean who teaches them that pointless prejudice can be costly.  Also included: The Zax; Too Many Daves; and What was I scared of?

Souls of Black Folk, The.  W.E.B. Du Bois.  Originally published 1903.  The essays expose with brutal honesty and poetic indignation the plight of former slaves, their children, and their grandchildren at the beginning of the twentieth century.  Du Bois discusses the failure of Reconstruction and of the Freedmans’ Bureau; the scarcity of educational opportunities for black children; the poverty and lack of motivation of many rural blacks; and the conditions and attitudes of both whites and blacks in the South at the time of book’s publication.

Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, The.  Anne Fadiman.  1997.
Explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy.  The lack of understanding between her parents and doctors led to tragedy.

Speech Pathology in Cultural & Linguistic Diversity.  Kim Isaac.  2002.  Addressing the challenges of intercultural and interpreter-mediated speech pathology practice, this book explores the intricate relationship between culture and communication before moving on to intercultural health care.

Talking from 9 to 5.  Deborah Tannen, Ph.D.  1994.
How women’s and men’s conversational styles affect who gets heard, who gets credit, and what gets done at work.

Thistle and the Brier, The: Historical Links and Cultural Parallels Between Scotland and Appalachia.  Richard Blaustein.  2003.  This book explores the parallels and connections between Scotland and Southern Appalachia, with special attention to the interplay between revivals of folk culture, native languages, and dialects in Scotland and Appalachia since the 1970s.  It covers contemporary Scottish and Appalachian cultural movements, particularly the links between cultural revivals and identity politics and contains substantial references that increase its value as an authoritative scholarly work on the convergence of the cultures.  (Richard Blaustein is a professor of sociology and anthropology at East Tennessee State University and is former director of ETSU’s Center for Appalachian Studies and Services.)

Tipping the Scales of Justice.  Sondra Solovay, J.D.  2000.
Weight is a hot topic.  It arouses fear, disgust, and discrimination.  This long-neglected area of legal concern affects the rights of a growing number of Americans on a daily basis.  ---  What rights do fat people have?  Are parents open to legal attack if their child is fat?  Can employers discriminate?  Should disability laws apply to fat people?  Sondra Solovay documents cases of illegal hiring practices, workplace bias, harassment, unfair treatment, medical malpractice, and denial of public access resulting from weight-related prejudice.  Telling the fascinating human stories behind precedent-setting cases and international headlines, she concludes with hopeful profiles of everyday people successfully fighting weight-based discrimination.

To Make the Wounded Whole.  Lewis Baldwin.  1992.
The cultural legacy of Martin Luther Kind, Jr.

Transcultural Aspects of Perinatal Health Care: A Resource Guide.  National Perinatal Association; Mary Ann Shah, Editor in Chief.  2004.  Focusing on perinatal care, this new information-rich resource raises awareness of multiple cultural, ethnic, and religious issues to help health care providers become “culturally competent” by incorporating a knowledge of cultural values and beliefs in their practice.  Each chapter covers health and illness, pregnancy and prenatal care, labor and delivery, postpartum and newborn care, family planning and more.  Specific cultural/religious group discussions include: African American; Amish (Old Order); Cambodian; Chinese; Cuban; Hmong; Jamaican; Japanese; Jewish; Korean; Mexican; Mormon; Native American; Pakistani; and Seventh-Day Adventist.  Special focus on family-centered care.  Meets the JCAHO hospital standard for “Performance for Patient and Family Education and Responsibilities.”

Transcultural Communication in Health Care.  Joan Luckmann. 2000.
Self-assessment and self-evaluation exercise help health care professionals reflect on their own cultural perspectives, overcome their biases, and communicate effectively in a transcultural  environment.  An excellent resource covering the techniques needed to communicate and work with clients, interpreters, and other health care professionals who have limited English proficiency. 

Transcultural Health Care.  Larry D. Purnell, Betty J. Paulanka.  2003.
This textbook offers a framework for the collection of health data concerning individuals and groups from diverse cultural backgrounds. After an overview of culture and ethnicity per se, it explains the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence. Sixteen chapters then describe the healthcare needs and practices of specific groups. Includes a focus on the dominant American culture and an  appendix of illnesses and diseases by heritage and origin. 

Two Eagles in the Sun: A Guide to U.S. Hispanic Culture.  Richard C. Campbell.  2002.
Dale Walker wrote in his review “….as thorough a guidebook to understanding the Hispanic culture in the United States as has ever been written.”

Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains: Exploring the Origins of Appalachian Stereotypes.  David C. Hsiung.  1997.  Most Americans know Appalachia through stereotyped images: moonshine and handicrafts, poverty and illiteracy, rugged terrain and isolated mountaineers.  Historian David Hsiung maintains that in order to understand the origins of such stereotypes, we must look critically at their underlying concepts, especially those of isolation and community.

Understanding Islam: An Introduction to the Muslim World.  Thomas W. Lippman.  1995.
Offers an informative and insightful introduction to Islam both as a religion and as a political-economic force.

Understanding Judaism through History.  S. Daniel Breslauer.  2002.
Included are chapters focusing on different periods in Jewish history.  Also, there are case studies that illuminate the variety and complexity of Judaism as a religious civilization.

Up From Slavery.  Booker T. Washington.  Forward copyright 1993. Booker T. Washington’s (1856-1915) autobiography.

Vernon can Read!  A Memoir.  Vernon Jordan, Jr.  2001.
As a student, Vernon Jordan had a summer job driving a white banker around Atlanta.  During the man’s afternoon naps, he passed the time reading books, astounding his boss, who exclaimed, “Vernon can read,” to his relatives.  Nearly fifty years later, Jordon, a long-time civil rights leader, adviser and close friend to presidents and business leaders and one of the most charismatic figures in America, has written about his life and times.

W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race.  David Levering Lewis.  1993.  William Edward Burghardt Du Bois – the premier architect of the civil right movement in America – was a towering and controversial personality, a fiercely proud individual blessed with the language of the poet and the impatience of the agitator.  This monumental biography – eight years in the research and writing – treats the early and middle phases of a long and intense career: a crucial fifty-year period that demonstrates how Du Bois changed forever the way Americans think about themselves.

We are Overcome: Thoughts on Being Black in America.  Bonnie Allen.  1995.
Donnie Allen, the first black female political/social humorist, dissects blacks and whites in her provocative, irreverent, out-spoken, and highly anticipated book of original essays.

What Christians Think about Homosexuality: Six Representative Viewpoints.  L.R. Holben. 1999.
This book presents six representative viewpoints, which cover the spectrum of current Christian thought on homosexuality.  The author does not try to convince you that any one viewpoint is correct.  Instead, he presents the arguments for each viewpoint, shows how it has been criticized, and explains how the proponents of the viewpoint answer their critics.

What I Learned in Medical School.  Edited by Kevin M. Takakuwa, Nick Rubashkin, and Karen E. Herzig.  2004.
This books looks at medical education through the eyes of a diverse collection of students who challenge many of our assumptions about how medicine is taught and practiced.  The essays ask us to think about how we measure and treat such differences as race, socioeconomic status, and even weight as part of the identity of the physician – and how a larger, unspoken professional identity has often marginalized many of its members or even excluded a greater richness from its membership.

White Bucks and Black-Eyed Peas: Coming of Age Black in White America.  Marcus Mabry. 1995.  The twenty-something generation knows that, for many blacks, individual professional opportunities are better than ever; however, they are in many ways losing ground.  Narrated from a post-civil rights perspective, this book marks the debut a fresh and energetic writer, one whose memorable insights will resonate within us all.

Why do Catholics Do That?  Kevin Orlin Johnson.  1994.
Renowned scholar and religion columnist Kevin Orlin Johnson answers the most frequently asked questions on Catholic Faith, worship, culture, and customs …blending religious history and a deep appreciation for art with an enlightened reverence for tradition.  This is a resource for all who wish to better understand the rituals and symbols of the Catholic faith.

Why Humans Have Cultures: Explaining Anthropology and Social Diversity.  Michael Carrithers.  1992.  What unity underlies human cultural diversity?  What are the origins of that diversity?  How can we understand it?  The author argues that it is the ways in which people interact – rather than technological advances – that have been of crucial importance in human history.  In this thought-provoking book, Carrithers draws on ancient and contemporary examples to show how this perspective forms a solid foundation for the study of culture, society, and history.

With These Hands: The Hidden World of Migrant Farm Workers Today.  Daniel Rothenberg.1998.  The world of migrant farmworkers as a complex social and economic system, a network of intertwined lives.  The book includes the voice of the growers, farm labor contractors, union organizers, government investigators, coyotes, doctors, teachers, and workers’ families living in other countries.

Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate.  Leila Ahmed.  1992.
A new perspective exploring historical roots, tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender from the ancient world to the present.

Women Healers & Physicians: Climbing a Long Hill.  Lilian R. Furst, Editor.  1997.
Women traditionally have been expected to tend to the sick as part of their domestic duties, yet throughout history they have faced an uphill struggle to be accepted as healers outside of the household.  A collection of essays about women healers throughout history.

Working with Children from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds.  M. Diane Klein and Deborah Chen.  2001.
This book offers an overview of the ways in which cultural differences influence young children’s behavior, communication, and learning styles.  It is a practical guide for early childhood professionals working in such settings as group child care, preschools, and Head Start programs.  The book considers the major developmental domains of language and communication, social skills, and school readiness and emergent literacy.  In addition, it provides examples of curriculum and instructional adaptations that can be used to accommodate children from diverse backgrounds.

Worlds of Difference: Inequality in the Aging Experience.  Eleanor Palo Stoller andRose Campbell Gibson.  2000.   A collection of essays regarding aging covering cultural images, productivity, family, and inequality in health and morality (gender, race, and class).  Among the 44 authors are Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Amy Tan and Wilma Mankiller.

What I Learned in Medical School.  Kevin Takakuwa, et. al., Editors.   2004.
This books looks at medical education through the eyes of a diverse collection of students who challenge many of our assumptions about how medicine is taught and practiced.  The essays ask us to think about how we measure and treat such differences as race, socioeconomic status, and even weight as part of the identity of the physician – and how a larger, unspoken professional identity has often marginalized many of its members or even excluded a greater richness from its membership.

Working with Older People and Their Families: Key Issues in Policy and Practice.  Mike Nolan, Sue Davies, Gordon Grant – Editors.  2001.  This book combines extensive reviews for specialist literatures with new empirical data in an attempt at a synthesis of themes about making a reality of person-centered care.  Uniquely, it seeks to unite the perspectives of older people, family and professional carers in promoting a genuinely holistic approach to the challenges of an ageing society.

You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation.  Deborah Tannen, Ph.D.  1990.
Rom Harré of Oxford University writes, “Her fascinating book is not only an important contribution to linguistics – for instance, the marvelously lucid account of the inevitable symmetrical misunderstandings in the way men and women talk to one another – but is is also full of entertaining vignettes of everyday life.  Like all good social scientific writing, in this book one is always recognizing oneself.”

You’re Only Old Once!  Dr. Seuss.  1986.
Dr. Seuss lightens the aches and pains of growing old with his inimitable wit and wisdom.  In this new defense against aging, we follow our hapless hero through his checkup with the experts at the Golden Years Clinic.

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