Multicultural aspects of care for cancer patients in Israel

Miri Cohen

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-3369-9_27

Multicultural aspects of care for cancer patients in Israel

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Abstract

Care for cancer patients from diverse cultural groups requires cultural competence, including cultural awareness, knowledge, and specific skills. Israel, a multicultural state with many subgroups of Jews and Arabs, displays diverse degrees of religiosity and variety along the continuum from traditional to Western lifestyle. This chapter draws on the very few existing studies of multicultural aspects of care for cancer patients in Israel. It focuses mainly on two specific and culturally distinct groups in Israel: Arabs and ultra-orthodox Jews. It describes perceptions of cancer in the familial and societal context and elaborates aspects of psychosocial interventions in the multicultural context. It concludes with thoughts on how to use cultural knowledge to promote the care of cancer patients.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	New Challenges in Communication with Cancer Patients
Editors	A. Surbone, M. Zwitter, M. Rajer , R. Stiefel
Publisher	Springer US
Pages	317-331
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9781461433699
ISBN (Print)	9781461433682
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3369-9_27
State	Published - 1 Jan 2013

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Keywords

Arabs
Cancer patients
Cultural competence
Ethnic diversity
Psychosocial care
Religion
Ultra-orthodox jews

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General Medicine

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Multicultural aspects of care for cancer patients in Israel

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