Transcultural Medicine Research Articles

Writing autohistoria-teoría: agency and illness in German life narratives by Evelyne Leandro and Mely Kiyak

Health concerns by migrants have been neglected in the German healthcare system, and they are impacted by discriminating discourses of othering. By analysing two autobiographical illness narratives by immigrants in...

A Transdisciplinary Conceptual Framework of Contextualized Resilience for Reducing Adverse Birth Outcomes.

Research in preterm birth has focused on the disparate outcomes for Black, Hispanic, and Latina women as compared with White women. However, research studies have not focused on centering these women in frameworks that discuss how resilience is embodied. This article is a presentation of our transdisciplinary contextual framework of resilience, building on work that centers Black, Hispanic, and Latina women, as well as historical oppression and trauma resilience frameworks developed by transcultural psychiatry, psychology, public health, anthropology, medicine, nursing, sociology, and social work. To develop the model, we reviewed 115 articles and books (1977-2019), which were then evaluated and synthesized to develop a transdisciplinary framework of contextualized resilience to enable a better understanding of the complex interplay of medical and social conditions influencing preterm birth. The framework includes multiple ecological layers that cross the individual, familial and intimate, community, structural, policy and law, and hegemonic domains.

多文化間心身医学とは(シンポジウム/心身医学と社会,環境との関わり-心身相関の医学より一歩先へ-,第46回日本心身医学会総会)

多文化間心身医学とは(シンポジウム/心身医学と社会,環境との関わり-心身相関の医学より一歩先へ-,第46回日本心身医学会総会)

Early modern Goa: Indian trade, transcultural medicine, and the Inquisition

Portugal’s introduction of the Inquisition to India in 1560 placed the lives of Jews, New Christians, and selected others labelled ‘heretics’, in peril. Two such victims were Garcia da Orta, a Portuguese New Christian with a thriving medical practice in Goa, and Gabriel Dellon, a French merchant and physician. In scholarship, Garcia da Orta and Gabriel Dellon’s texts are often examined separately within the contexts of Portuguese and French literature respectively and in terms of medicine and religion in the early modern period. Despite the similarities of their training and experiences, da Orta and Dellon have not previously been studied jointly, as is attempted in this article, which expands upon da Orta and Dellon’s roles in Portuguese India’s international commerce, especially the trade in spices, and the collaborations between Indian and European physicians. Thus, the connection between religion and food is not limited to food’s religious and religio-cultural roles. Food in terms of spices has been at the foundations of power for ethno-religious groups in India, and when agents became detached from the spice trade, their downfalls were imminent, as seen in the histories of Garcia da Orta and Gabriel Dellon.

Free to publish – Free to read

Full Text: August 2001 saw the birth of the British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease (Figure 1): an open-access peer review journal.1 Free to publish and free to read. The founding editorial board and publisher (MediNews Diabetes) aimed to deliver a free journal to the diabetes team and vascular professionals with a special interest in diabetes. Despite the shifting sands of time and a change of publisher (SAGE) the journal has remained true to its founding philosophy - publication is on merit, not on ability to pay and free online access remains available worldwide (www.bjdvd.com) plus an extensive – mainly UK - print circulation. Evolution- The journal attracted much attention and was soon receiving good quality experimental and clinical science manuscripts. However it was felt that these articles, especially experimental and pre-clinical studies, were not within the focus of the British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease, thus Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research was conceived –and is now also a SAGE journal and has an impact factor of 2.59. Over the years the organisation of topics has changed, for example the Healthcare management, The diabetes care team and Trans-cultural medicine sections have been absorbed into the Achieving Best Practice and Current Topics sections which better reflect the broader-based content of submitted material. Landmark Studies was a regular highly popular section – but how many truly Landmark Studies are undertaken? Not enough to warrant special attention 6 times a year for 12 years. Interestingly one of the studies reviewed is consistently amongst the top ten of our most read online articles.2 The British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease has also challenged convention with the production of two Jubilee issues.3,4 The celebrations for the golden and diamond jubilees of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II afforded opportunities to reflect on changes in the understanding and treatment of diabetes during her reign. Most of the articles in these issues were written by authors who had first hand experience of the changing face of diabetes and vascular disease care. The increased costs of print and post – both financially and environmentally mean that digital communications are likely to become more popular (assuming that these approaches have a smaller ecological footprint). The British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease is pleased to be able to celebrate its 12th birthday as an original open-access journal, with an ongoing commitment to support authors to publish free of charge whilst providing free reader access. As for what the future holds: tomorrow is another day.

Caring Model: Putting Research into Practice

During the 1970s the discipline of nursing deliberately blended with the field of anthropology to create the field of transcultural nursing. The major goal of this blending was to transform anthropological concepts into the nursing process in order to render culturally congruent nursing care. This article suggests a further blending of transcultural nursing with transcultural medicine, cross-cultural psychology, theology, social workl/child welfare, and hospital administration to create a culturally conscious practice model of healthcare delivery.

Transcultural Medicine: A Multi-Sited Ethnography on the Scientific-Industrial Networking of Korean Medicine

Through a multi-sited ethnography of three different types of organization—a traditional medical clinic, two laboratories, and a biotech company—this article examines how Korean medicine (KM) scientizes, globalizes, and industrializes its clinical knowledge. By tracing the complex networking process among multiple places, I aim to understand how KM reinvents its knowledge, identity, and boundaries in a global situation. In particular, I pay attention to how this process involves multiple dimensions of power relations, economic interests, and scientific authorities. This article concludes that heterogeneous and unequal encounters between KM, science, and industry lead to simultaneous productions of new culture and power without reducing them to a single logic or center in a global age.

A case study--dangers of transcultural medicine in the U.K.

This short study illustrates some of the continuing problems caused by the use of Asian medicines by the Asian ethnic minority living in the U.K. They have not only brought their culture, but also their medical system. Cases are now known where injury to the community or individuals is not prevented by the regulatory statutory bodies of the U.K. One frequent problem is multiple treatment. Some Asian patients admitted to hospital later reveal that they have been taking many medicines concurrently. In one case at least 12 different Indian ethnic (Ayurvedic) medicines were taken simultaneously. Several of these have not even been identified at present. Those medicines which are supplied with a list of ingredients also present a number of possible dangers, of which there are three particular causes for concern. These are, heavy metal toxicity (I), drug interactions and side-effects (2-4), and the utilization of unidentified ingredients (5).

Transcultural Medicine: Dealing with Patients from Different Cultures, second edition By Bashlr Qureshl

Transcultural Medicine: Dealing with Patients from Different Cultures, second edition By B<scp>ashlr</scp> Q<scp>ureshl</scp>

Transcultural Medicine, 2nd edition

Transcultural Medicine, 2nd edition

Transcultural Medicine: Dealing With Patients From Different Cultures

This second edition of Transcultural Medicine is again largely a collection of articles, 35 in all, published from 1981 to 1989 in the British medical press. The few more recently added references are to several Xenophobe's Guides for tourists. The book again has three parts: general aspects, special considerations, and selected points. Part I deals with general communication problems; history taking and physical examination; diagnostic difficulties secondary to physical, genetic, and cultural factors; psychiatric disorders; diet-related diseases; and alternative therapies. Part II focuses on ethnic customs, obstetrics and family planning, pediatrics, nutritional and skin problems, and pharmaceuticals. Part III contains two chapters. The first deals with various ethnic customs and repeats much information from previous chapters. The second chapter offers various amusing anecdotes and a book review. The second edition also includes an update on disease patterns in different ethnic groups in the United Kingdom and a chapter describing multicultural

Transcultural Medicine: Dealing With Patients From Different Cultures

Dr Bashir Qureshi, the author of the book<i>Transcultural Medicine</i>, was born in India, educated in Pakistan, and received his medical training in the United Kingdom. He writes, lectures, and broadcasts on the theme of transcultural medicine, which he defines as "the knowledge of medical and communication encounters between a doctor or health worker of one ethnic group and a patient of another" (p vii). The book is a compilation of two original articles and 35 others that have been published in the British medical press, 1981 through 1988. The articles are arbitrarily clustered in three parts: general aspects, special considerations, and selected points. Part I deals mainly with intercultural aspects of patient and doctor relationships in communication, etiquette in the examination, sensitivity of ethnic terminology, diagnostic difficulty, psychiatric disease, diet-related diseases, ethnic customs, foreign visitors, ethnic taboos, and alternative therapies. Part II discusses intercultural marital conflicts, disease patterns of

Transcultural Medicine: Dealing with Patients from Different Cultures

Transcultural Medicine: Dealing with Patients from Different Cultures

Medical education for a multicultural society (for editorial comment, see page 545)

Australian medical education has not kept pace with Australia's increasingly multicultural society. Feedback from ethnic community organizations suggests that medical students and specialist trainees in medicine are not learning how to understand, to interact with and to treat patients in culturally appropriate ways. The first part of this paper reviews the problem and considers some perspectives in transcultural medicine and clinically applied medical anthropology. The second part proposes some areas in which medical schools can take the initiative in developing interdisciplinary teaching programmes at undergraduate and graduate levels. These programmes should provide minimal standards to enable any medical graduate to practise with patients of any cultural background and, in addition, will encourage some students to pursue more specialized studies in transcultural medicine and medical anthropology. It is suggested that new developments should be integrated with appropriate university departments such as anthropology.

Book Review: Transcultural Medicine. Dealing with Patients from Different Cultures

Book Review: Transcultural Medicine. Dealing with Patients from Different Cultures

Hidden corners of ethnic medical history.

Transcultural medicine comprises encounters between a doctor of one ethnic group and his patient of another. The issues involved are medical (physical, psychological and social), religious, ethnic and cultural. There are hidden corners of ethnic medical history which have to be sought actively by the doctor if diagnostic traps are to be prevented. For example, a Welsh GP may move to England, believing that in this way he will improve ‘sense’ on both sides of the border. When treating a diabetic, he will determine the appropriate timing of his insulin or hypoglycaemic therapy, but, if he moves again to Scotland, he will have to change these timings because of the Scottish custom of ‘high tea’ instead of the English custom of ‘dinner’.

Curanderismo, Mexican-American Folk Healing

The practice of curanderismo, or Mexican American folk medicine, is part of a historically and culturally important health care system deeply rooted in native Mexican healing techniques. This is the first book to describe the practice from an insider's point of view, based on the authors' three-year apprenticeships with curanderos (healers).Robert T. Trotter and Juan Antonio Chavira present an intimate view of not only how curanderismo is practiced but also how it is learned and passed on as a healing tradition. By providing a better understanding of why curanderos continue to be in demand despite the lifesaving capabilities of modern medicine, this text will serve as an indispensable resource to health professionals who work within Mexican American communities, to students of transcultural medicine, and to urban ethnologists and medical anthropologists.

A survey of tardive dyskinesia in psychiatric outpatients

The authors found a high prevalence--43.4% of tardive dyskinesia in a sample of psychiatric outpatients, a population previously thought to be at nominal risk for development of this syndrome. There was no significant relationship between the presence of dyskinesia and age, sex, years of neuroleptic use, or various organic factors. The effects of dentures and of drug combinations are discussed, and it is noted that structured scales of dyskinesia and videotope recordings are important tools in diagnosing and following the course of dyskinesia.