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Do Neuropsychological Tests Have the Same Meaning in Spanish Speakers as They Do in English Speakers?
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In: http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/sergievsky/cnd/pdfs/doneuropsychologicaltests.pdf
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Ethical Issues in Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology BRICKMAN, CABO, & MANLYCROSS-CULTURAL NEUROPSYCHOLOG
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In: http://www.brams.umontreal.ca/cours/files/PSY-6022A2008/DStamour/Manly06_Applied neuropsy.pdf
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Clinical neuropsychologists who assess patients from diverse cultural and linguistic back-grounds face unique ethical challenges. In this article, we address 4 critical questions relevant to ethics of cross-cultural neuropsychology: (a) Should culture or race be considered in neuropsychological testing? (b) Should race- and ethnicity-specific normative data be used in the clinical neuropsychological evaluation? (c) Who is competent to design and translate tests for ethnic minority groups and non-English speakers and who is competent to administer and interpret them? and (d) Are neuropsychology training programs adequately preparing clini-cians to be competent in the assessment of cross-cultural groups? The overall aims of the arti-cle are to highlight the complexity of these clinical and ethical issues, to provide comprehen-sive and balanced information to help guide clinician choices, and to stimulate future research in this area. Key words: neuropsychology, race, culture, language, norms, ethics The utility of neuropsychological assessment for the identification and classification of brain dysfunction is contingent on the psychometric properties of the indi-
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URL: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.626.6347
http://www.brams.umontreal.ca/cours/files/PSY-6022A2008/DStamour/Manly06_Applied neuropsy.pdf
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