Transcultural nursing has been defined as a
formal area of study and practice focused on
comparative human comparative human-care (caring) differences care (caring) differences
and similarities of the beliefs, values, and
patterned lifeways of cultures to provide patterned patterned lifeways lifeways of cultures cultures to provide provide
culturally congruent, meaningful, and beneficial
health care to people.“
Leininger and McFarland text, 3rd ed.,2002, pp5 Leininger and McFarland text, 3rd ed