A guide for visiting clinicians to Guatemala: common presenting symptoms and treatment

For volunteer clinicians from North America and Europe, treating patients for the first time in remote areas of Guatemala can be a challenge. Radiology and laboratory facilities are usually lacking, and the cultural and linguistic barriers are huge. This article provides clinicians working in Guatem...

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Published inJournal of transcultural nursing Vol. 17; no. 2; p. 190
Main Author Chickering, William H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.2006
Subjects
Europe
Guatemala
Humans
International Cooperation
Manuals as Topic
North America
Nursing Diagnosis
Transcultural Nursing - methods
Tropical Medicine
Guatemala
North America
Europe
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Summary:For volunteer clinicians from North America and Europe, treating patients for the first time in remote areas of Guatemala can be a challenge. Radiology and laboratory facilities are usually lacking, and the cultural and linguistic barriers are huge. This article provides clinicians working in Guatemala with a description and ranking of the most common presenting complaints, as determined from a chart review of 1,500 patients. Unfamiliar diagnoses, empiric treatment, and pertinent cultural factors, including the fading but still-present hot-cold paradigm, are also included.
ISSN:1043-6596
DOI:10.1177/1043659605285408