Race: Scientific nonproblem, cultural quagmire
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Cultural Competence Case Presentation Chest Pain ( Cultural , Race )
A 50 year old African American woman presents with chest pain. She states that the pain has been intermittent for two weeks. She has not seen a regular physician for some time because she lost her insurance when she changed jobs a year ago. She has occasionally gone to an ER or local clinics to get prescriptions for her anti-hypertensive medicine, hydrochlorothiazide. She visited your ER a week...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Anatomical Record
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0003-276X,1097-0185
DOI: 10.1002/ar.b.20013