Dead Blood under My Skin

• Published in: Journal of travel medicine Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 284 - 285
• Main Authors: EI-HAMAD, Issa, SCARCELLA, Carmelo, CHIARA PEZZOLI, Maria, RICCI, Antonella, CASTELLI, Francesco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hamilton, ON Decker 01.07.2009
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Culture; Emigration and Immigration; General aspects; Humans; Italy; Language; Male; Medical sciences; Muscular Diseases - congenital; Muscular Diseases - diagnosis; Physician-Patient Relations; Senegal - ethnology; Travel; Senegal; Italy; Tropical medicine; Skin; Blood

The diagnostic attitude of western physicians toward migrants' complaints is often an unstable balance between the obstinate search for exotic tropical diseases and the overappreciation of the cultural dimensions of symptoms. Such attitude may divert attention from organic diseases. The careful...