Ms. Elizabeth Burton This is Me

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 Web References

1. 1. www.nawho.org

   www.nawho.org/bcc_trainers.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/21/2006   Last Visited: 3/11/2007

   Ms. Elizabeth Burton, RN, BSN Program Coordinator Bergen County Cancer Education and Early Detection Program Bergen County Department of Health 327 Ridgewood Avenue Paramus, NJ 07652 Phone: 201.599.6219 Fax: 201.986.1068

2. 2. NurseWeek: Customized Care

   www.nurseweek.com/news/feature - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/26/2002   Last Visited: 12/31/2002

   Elizabeth Burton, RN, has been forced to rethink her approach when caring for foreign-born Korean Americans, who now make up more than one-quarter of her patients.
   
   Especially in less-acculturated families, female patients aren't always the ones to make decisions about their own health, said Burton, program coordinator for cancer education and early detection at the Bergen County Department of Health Services in New Jersey. Sometimes, Burton said, that role goes to the woman's husband or her firstborn son.
   
   "That's one of the things we have learned, we have to be sensitive to who makes the decision," she said.
   
   It's been a challenge for Burton, who usually wants patients to feel empowered to make their own decisions. But she's learned a crucial lesson. Without that cultural sensitivity, sometimes women won't show up for their tests or follow-up appointments.
   
   Activists and health workers who care for people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent point out that the myth of the "model minority" is just that-a myth. [This phrase has become a stereotype to describe Asian Americans as the hard-working, well-educated, successful minority race.] Asians have specific health needs that nurses and other health care providers need to be aware of, they say.
   
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