Module 4

Part 1

Provider-patient interaction

 

  1. Introduction
  2. General information
  3. General communication strategies
  4. Some specific communication strategies when dealing with refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants
  5. Non-verbal communication
  6. General information about interpreting
  7. References for subchapter communication

Authors
Kathryn Hoffmann, General Practitioner and Public Health Expert, Medical University of Vienna, Centre for Public Health, Department of General Practice and Family Medicine
Werner Lagler, Medical student

Part 2

Provider – patient interaction

  1. Introduction
  2. The role of culture in health care
  3. Exercise
  4. Stereotyping
  5. Structural conditions
  6. Idioms of distress
  7. Perception of mental health issues
  8. Examples of idioms of distress from Syria and Afghanistan
  9. Explanatory models of disease
  10. Self-medication and medical pluralism
  11. What to ask during the consultation
  12. Terminal illnesses, death and dying
  13. Transcultural aspects of pain perception and pain management
  14. Practical value – a summary
  15. References

 

Authors
Mag Dr Elena Jirovsky, Medical Anthropologist, Medical University of Vienna, Centre for Public Health, Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, Unit Ethnomedicine and Global Health (Subchapters 1-11, 14)

PD Mag Dr Ruth Kutalek, Medical Anthropologist, Medical University of Vienna, Centre for Public Health, Department of Social Medicine, Unit Ethnomedicine and Global Health (Subchapters 12,13,14)

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