Diversity, Cultural Humility, and the Helping Professions

Part I. Foundations.- Chapter 1. Us and Them: The Construction of Categories.- Chapter 2. How We Got to Where We Are: Historical Systemic and Institutional Responses to Difference.- Chapter 3.  Individual-Level Responses to Difference.- Chapter 4.  Disparities in Health, Health Care, and Healthcare Access.- Part II. Current Approaches to Navigating Difference.- Chapter 5.  Cultural Competence as an Approach to Understanding Difference.- Chapter 6.  Transformational Learning Through Cultural Humility.- Part III. The Organizational and Institutional Context.- Chapter 7.  Diversity in the Legal Context.-  Chapter 8.  Fostering Cultural Humility in the Institutional/Organizational Context.- Part IV. Cultural Humility and the Healthcare Professional.- Chapter 9.  Diversity, Cultural Humility, and Professionalism.- Chapter 10.  Cultural Humility and the Helping Professional.- Index.

Sana Loue, JD, PhD, MPH, MSSA, MA, LISW-S, CST-T, AVT is a professor in the Department of Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to joining the faculty of the School of Medicine, she practiced immigration law in New Jersey, Texas, and California. Dr. Loue holds secondary appointments in Psychiatry and Global Health at the School of Medicine and in Social Work at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at CWRU. From 2012 to 2020, Dr. Loue served as the School of Medicine's inaugural Vice Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity. She holds degrees in law (JD), epidemiology (PhD), medical anthropology (PhD), social work (MSSA), secondary education (MA), public health (MPH) and theology (MA). Her past research in both the domestic and international contexts has focused on HIV risk and prevention, severe mental illness, family violence, and research ethics. She has been privileged to conduct research in Laos, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uganda, and to engage with audiences on issues including, but not limited to, the conduct of research, research ethics, professional development, and/or diversity in Canada, Chile, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, and Vietnam. Her current research addresses the interplay between religion, society, and bioethics; the integration of cultural humility into clinical care and research settings; and past and current formulations of eugenics. Dr. Loue has authored or edited more than 30 books and more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles.