Cross-Cultural Medicine: a Teaching Aid

Abstract

Although ‘immigrant medicine’ may now be covered by some under- and postgraduate curricula, there is little suitable teaching material on the specifically cultural aspects.

These ‘case histories’ have been written as a teaching aid to illustrate some of the problems doctors may have in communicating with patients who belong to immigrant minorities. It is intended that they are used as a basis for a group discussion, which might include some of the points covered in the discussion section. They may be reproduced without permission for teaching purposes.