Publisher Summary Providing effective services to individuals with disabilities in a pluralistic
society implies a consideration of each person's culture. To understand a person's culture …

Various factors such as gender, race, ethnicity, language, nationality, socioeconomic status,
physical ability, and occupation influence well-being values, beliefs, and behaviors.[1] …

T he goals of this chapter are to enhance conceptual clarity in the use of terms descriptive of
minority status in clients seeking rehabilitation services, to characterize multicultural …

This article proposes a holistic multicultural counseling approach, using a case illustration,
that teaches rehabilitation counselors to recognize and appreciate both the individual …

Background There is an important need to evaluate whether rehabilitation services
effectively address the needs of minority culture populations with North America's …

Twenty-five years ago, a group of rehabilitation scholars called out the numerous areas
lacking multiculturalism representation in the rehabilitation field. Areas included our Code of …

Purpose: The purpose of this conceptual article is to present a framework that incorporates
the concept of culture humility into effective rehabilitation services. Method: Based on a …

Patterns of inequitable treatment of minorities have been documented in all major junctures
of the vocational rehabilitation process. As compared to White Americans, a larger …

The phenomenon being explored in this study was the understanding of minority clients'
perceptions in relation to their rehabilitation counselors' cultural competence. A descriptive …

Cultural diversity is increasing in Western nations. The cultural plurality of these societies
has important implications for the provision of health care to patients. Physiotherapists need …