This practical, patient-centred guide assists medical professionals in delivering better clinical care to Arab patients. Important issues covered include patient education, compliance, 'doctor shopping', and psychiatric and mental health services.
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| About the editors | |
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| List of contributors | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Culture, environment and health | |
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| Culture and health | |
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| Globalization, health and culture | |
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| Gender and health | |
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| Genetic disorders | |
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| The family | |
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| The Arab family: formation, function and dysfunction | |
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| Child abuse and neglect | |
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| Domestic conflict and violence | |
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| Disability | |
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| Age and aging | |
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| Death and dying | |
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| Mental health | |
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| Approach to the patient in primary care psychiatry | |
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| Anxiety and somatoform disorders | |
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| Post-traumatic stress disorder | |
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| Eating disorders | |
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| Substance abuse | |
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| Depression, self-harm behavior and suicide | |
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| Patient education | |
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| Patient education | |
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| Index | |
