A qualitative study on cultural bloodletting among Ethiopian immigrants

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 937-939

  Tandeter, Howard ^a   Grynbaum, Mirta ^a   Borkan, Jeffrey ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood sampling; Bloodletting; Synergy; Transcultural medicine

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; PATIENT MONITORING; SAMPLING;

IMMIGRANTS;

BLOOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCAR; TECHNIQUE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BLOODLETTING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL;

EID: 0035691764     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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