Caring for Arab Patients: A Biopsychosocial Approach

ISBN-13: 9780367446147 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 252 str.

Laeth Nasir; Arwa Kayed Abdul-Haq; Tony Lockett

Opis

This book explores the psychosocial aspects of medical care in Arab countries. It begins the process of systematically exploring and developing explanatory models of psychosocial determinants of health in Arab. The book is designed for physicians, medical students and other health professionals.

Spis treści

Culture and health in the Arab world. Globalization, health and culture. Gender and health. Genetic disorders in Arabs. The Family. The Arab family: formation, function and dysfunction. Child abuse and neglect. Domestic conflict and violence. Disability in the Arab world. Age and aging in the Arab world. Death and dying. Mental health. Approach to the patient in primary care psychiatry. Anxiety and somatoform disorders in the Arab world. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Eating disorders in the Arab world. Substance abuse. Depression, self harm behaviour, and suicide. Patient education. Patient education in the Arab world.

O autorze

Laeth Nasir, Arwa Kayed Abdul-Haq, Tony Lockett