Part 1 Ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom: ethnic minority populations in the UK, Steve Fenton; history of migration to the UK, John Young and James George; a place to stay - growing old away from home, Pam Schweitzer; meeting health needs by traditional medicine, Bernard Lau; out of Africa - a cross cultural view of stroke, Simeon Onyejiako; Walthamstow Asian elderly concern, Durreshwar Waissim; traditions of ethnic minority groups, Bashir Qureshi; patterns of health and disease in the elderly from minority ethnic groups, Paul McKeigue; communication, Deidre Duncan. Part 2 Health care professions with regard to ethnic minority elders: ethnic elders and the general practitioner, Bashir Qureshi; the physician, James George and John Young; hospital and community nursing of elderly people from ethnic minority groups, Arlene Trimm; physiotherapy with ethnic minority elders, Margaret Heatley and Amanda Squires; occupational therapy with ethnic minority elders, Clephane Hume; speech therapy with elderly people from linguistic minority communities, Deidre Duncan; chiropody and the ethnic minority elder, Seema Padhiar and Charon Bansal; nutrition and dietetics, Kiran Shukla; ethnic minority elders and the pharmacy, Alison Blenkinsop, et al; social work with minority ethnic elders, Ruth Prime. Part 3 The way forward - planning health and social services with ethnic minority elders in mind: the way forward - education, Liz Stewart; summary and recommendations, Amanda Squires; useful addresses; further reading and resources.
