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Skin Problems Encountered in Multi-Ethnic Patients

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Transcultural Medicine

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Transcultural medicine involves the clinical and consultant encounters between a doctor of one ethnic and a patient of another. In addition to the medical aspects (physical, psychological and social), it is necessary to consider the problems which may arise because of the ethnic differences, and necessary to consider communication, religion, culture and ethnicity.

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  1. Hounslow, Middlesex, UK

    Bashir Qureshi FRCGP, DCH, AFOM(RCP), FRSH, MICGP, FRIPHH (General Practitioner and Community Health Officer, Writer, lecturer and broadcaster in Transcultural Medicine, Formerly, Member of the Communications Executive of the RCGP, editor of Faculty News, editor of London Medicine, Member of Council of The Royal Society of Health and its Special Purposes and Finance Comittee, Member of the Editorial Board of Health Trends)

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  1. Bashir Qureshi FRCGP, DCH, AFOM(RCP), FRSH, MICGP, FRIPHH
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Qureshi, B. (1989). Skin Problems Encountered in Multi-Ethnic Patients. In: Transcultural Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6364-4_25

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