Understanding cultures beyond medicine

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Abstract

A patient with a terminal illness died of a horrible suicidal attempt and the case provoked deeper learning of how a certain cultural background can lead people to different behaviors. This case study is intended to stimulate more cultural competency–related discussions.

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Journal

Journal ID (publisher-id): FMCH

Title: Family Medicine and Community Health

Abbreviated Title: FMCH

Publisher: Compuscript (Ireland )

ISSN (Electronic): 2009-8774

ISSN (Print): 2305-6983

Publication date (Print): October 2017

Publication date (Electronic): October 2017

Volume: 5

Issue: 3

Pages: 204-207

Affiliations

[1] ¹MetroHealth Broadway Health Center, 6835 Broadway Ave, Cleveland, OH, USA

Author notes

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Sheng Liu, MD, MetroHealth Broadway Health Center, 6835 Broadway Ave, Cleveland, OH 44104, USA, Tel.: +1-216-9571650, E-mail: Sliu@ 123456metrohealth.org

Article

Publisher ID: FMCH.2017.0135

DOI: 10.15212/FMCH.2017.0135

SO-VID: 44fabbc0-f648-45c2-8bbb-41f2daded4d4

License:

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License (CC BY-NC 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

History

Date received : 23 April 2017

Date accepted : 11 July 2017

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