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Contents: Foundations of transcultural nursing care: Theoretical foundations of transcultural nursing -- Transcultural nursing care -- Developmental approach to transcultural nursing: Childbearing and transcultural nursing care issues -- Transcultural perspectives in the nursing care of children -- Transcultural perspectives in the nursing care of the middle-age -- Adults -- Caring for the older adult clients: Nursing challenges in a changing context -- Applications of transcultural concepts in nursing care delivery: Transcultural perspectives in mental health -- Trends in health care delivery and contributions of transcultural nursing -- Transcultural aspects of pain -- Culture, family and community -- Contemporary challenges in transcultural nursing: Culture and nutrition -- Religion, culture and nursing -- Ethics and culture: Contemporary challenges -- Culture diversity in the health care workforce -- International nursing and health.