Transcultural medicine : dealing with patients from different cultures / including 35 articles published in the British medical press, 1981-1988 / Bashir Quershi
Edition
Second edition
Published
Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1994]
(cont) Midwife, health visitor and nurse: dealing with patients from different cultures -- Cultural aspects of the MRCGP examination -- Muslim patients and the British GP -- Nutritional problems in ethnic groups -- Skin problems encountered in multi-ethnic patients -- Selected points -- Multi-cultural medicine: a series in the British Medical Journal -- Transcultural medicine: education and examination -- Resources available -- Disposal of the dead and mourning customs -- Examination questions for essays or MEQs and MCQs
General aspects -- Avoiding communication problems -- Ethnic terminology and occupations -- History-taking and the examination -- Factors affecting diagnosis and how to avoid diagnostic traps -- Psychiatric disorders among different ethnic groups -- Diet-related diseases -- Avoiding diagnostic traps related to customs -- Diseases related to visits to country of origin -- Therapy and multi-ethnic groups: factors affecting treatment -- Alternative therapies and ethnic groups -- Special considerations -- Cultural conflicts in a mixed marriage -- Disease patterns in various ethnic groups in the United Kingdom -- Hidden corners of ethnic medical history -- Multicultural customs about birth, marriage, death and bereavement -- Transcultural factors in the consultation: the three generations concept -- Management of ethnic Asian patients in general practice -- Obstetric problems in multi-ethnic women -- Family planning and culture -- Paediatric problems in various ethnic groups -- Pharmacists' understanding of cultural customs and dangers of multi therapy
