Research Guides: Music Therapy: Cultural Aspects

Cultural Competancy Resources

Europa World Plus (Online)
If you've never heard of someone's home country, this is an extensive and authoritative place to look

Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology (Online)
Publication Date: 2003-12-31
Describes the cultural practices relevant to health in the world's cultures and provides an overview of important topics in medical anthropology.
Encyclopedia of North American Indians (Online)
Written by contemporary authorities, the volume features many Native American contributors - including eminent writers, tribal elders, scholars, and activists - with voices as distinct as their subjects, offering a deeper and more informed appreciation of American Indian life, past and present.

Reference Books both print and online have many resources on world cultures.

Counties, People & Cultures Series
Central & South America, Western & Central Africa, Eastern & Southern Africa, East Asia & the Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East & North Africa, North America & the Caribbean

American Indian Culture by Bruce E. Johansen (Editor)
Call Number: CFL Floor 2 Reference (E98.S7 A443 2015)
Publication Date: 2015-09-22

To most effectively search books use the phrase - with quotes: "Indians of North America"

Add specific terms such as health, medicine, medical

You will find books such as the ones below with "indians of north america" medicine

Another good subject search is Transcultural Care

Mental Health Care for Urban Indians
Call Number: CFL Floor 3 Book Stacks (RC451.5.I5 M463 2006 )
Publication Date: 2006-03-15
Native American Worldviews
Call Number: CFL Floor 4 Book Stacks (E98.C79 G56 2002 )
Publication Date: 2002-09-01

Searching Transcultural Care in CINHAL retrieves articles from journals such as:

Note: use Native Americans as an additional subject term

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Over 5,000 full text e-books, journals, magazines, newspapers, and other materials related to diversity, discrimination, anti-racism, ethnic studies, disability studies, gerontology and age studies, migration studies, gender and sexuality studies, cultural studies, and religious studies.