The Cultural Context of Clinical Assessment

Psychiatry: Third Edition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 54-66

  Kirmayer, Laurence J ^a   Rousseau, Cécile ^a   Jarvis, G Eric ^a   Guzder, Jaswant ^a   Ursano, Robert J ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Cultural formulation; Culture; Culture brokers; Diagnosis; Ethnicity; Interpreters; Migration; Racism; Refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889778134     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470515167.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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