Cultural Diversity, Spirituality, and End-of-Life Care

The aims of this essay are to explore the connection between spirituality and diversity and to propose ways end-of-life care providers can usefully respond to their culturally varied patients and, in so doing, acknowledge the spiritual dimensions of that work

Beyond a Good Death: The Anthropology of Modern Dying

Reviewed by Nancy Chambers

The Role of Cultural Anthropology in the Education of Social Service Personnel

Anthropology contributes to the education of social work students through its emphasis on the role of culture and of social context in the delivery of social services. Examples are provided with special emphasis on child abuse and protective services. While anthropology has traditionally been associated with the study of minorities, its role in the critique of other social work concerns is suggested

What is community development?

A discussion paper presented at a conference on Community Development with special reference to rural development, at a conference organized by the Institute of Adult Education, August 1962.Community development has become almost as popular a subject of international discussion as the problems of Africa. It is the new technique which is taking the under-developed (better known as the developing) areas of the world by storm. In Central Africa it was introduced in Northern Rhodesia some years ago, in Nyasaland it is being actively pursued and in Southern Rhodesia it is being officially talked aoout. It is thus a very live issue for the Rhodesias and Nyasalanu. Some see community development as a piece of government policy, and up to a point it is. Community development projects usually depend on government support and are most successfully accomplished where the government has the confidence of the people. But to think of community development simply in terms of official policy is to lose the real essence of the idea. In a final summing-up to the Conference, Professor T. Paterson of the Royal College of Science and Technology reminded his audience that community development is a means towards achieving a greater end. True, it produces many material manifestations which are of immense practical value. But much more important is the spirit it engenders within the community itself—a spirit which enables nations and communities to discover their real strength. In Central Africa it could be a means whereby petty prejudices are forgotten and a genuine spirit of community fostered amongst all people