Madeleine Leininger: Transcultural Nusing Theory Madeleine Leininger has defined Transcultural Nursing as a legitimate and imperative field of study and practice that focuses upon the comparative study and analysis of cultures with respect to nursing and health-illness caring practices to provide culturally congruent, safe and therapeutic care that is meaningful to people from culturally diverse [...] Read more »
Biography of Madeleine Leininger
Biography of Madeleine Leininger: Madeleine Leininger is a pioneer nurse anthropologist and is one of nursing’s most prolific writers. She developed the concept of transcultural nursing, bringing the role of cultural factors in nursing practice into the discussion of how to best attend to those in need of nursing care. Biography of Madeleine Leininger: [...] Read more »