Opening cultural doors: Providing culturally sensitive healthcare to Arab American and American Muslim patients

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1307-1311

  Hammoud, Maya M ^a   White, Casey B ^a   Fetters, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabic culture; Islam; Islamic religion; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARAB; BIRTH CONTROL; BIRTH DEFECT; CIRCUMCISION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DIET; EXPECTATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOSLEM; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUALITY; SOCIOLOGY; TRUST; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 25844434764     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.06.065     Document Type: Article

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