Ethical and Cultural Considerations in Delivering Psychiatric Diagnosis: ReconcilinG the Gap Using MDD Diagnosis Delivery in Less-Acculturated Chinese Patients

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 531-552

  Yeung, Albert ^a   Kam, Raymond ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; cultural sensitivity; depression; discussing psychiatric diagnoses; illness beliefs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; FAMILY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIETY; SYMPTOM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACCULTURATION; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 58049086935     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461508100781     Document Type: Article

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