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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Western medical model"”.
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Confusing culture for clinic: Indigenous shaman-healer as psychopathology
… might be associated with mental illness by western psychiatry. This out-dated western ethnocentric ideology is currently active as a diagnostic entry 3.8 Shamanic Crisis within the American Psychiatric Association's, 1994 Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV. The general …
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Patient-Provider Encounter: The Contemporary Cameroonian Story
… questions: How do the assumptions of the Western medical model intersect with those of the native culture in patient-provider interactions? How do Cameroonian providers and patients conceptualize health and illness? How does Cameroonian culture, especially native and Christian religious …
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How socio-cultural factors affect cervical cancer screening adherence and treatment in disadvantaged communities in the greater Cape Town, South Africa.
… conducted. A combination of the Health Belief Model (HBM) and Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) provided a theoretical framework for this study. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes that emerged from the focus groups and participant observation. Through conducting these focus groups, …