Transcultural Nursing   Tags: nursing, transcultural nursing  

GLOBALRN

GLOBALRN is a world-wide internet e-mail discussion list on culture and health care issues

• Define your topic in the form of a question.

Example:

What cultural customs are associated with prenatal care for Muslim women?

• List common synonyms for each concept.
• Truncate where appropriate.

• Use Boolean search power to connect search terms:
• Combine synonyms using Boolean "OR" to broaden focus.
• Combine concepts using Boolean "AND" to narrow focus.

Example:

(cultur* OR social life OR custom* OR religio*) AND
(prenatal care OR antenatal care OR pregnancy care OR maternal health) AND
(islam* OR muslim*)

You may find it helpful to substitute the name of countries associated with the ethnic group of interest. 

Example:

Iran, Jordan, Afghanistan