Refugees in Conflict: Creating a Bridge Between Traditional and Conventional Health Belief Models

• Published in: The oncologist (Dayton, Ohio) Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 693 - 696
• Main Authors: Ben‐Arye, Eran, Bonucci, Massimo, Daher, Michel, Kebudi, Rejin, Saad, Bashar, Breitkreuz, Thomas, Rassouli, Maryam, Rossi, Elio, Gafer, Nahla, Nimri, Omar, Hablas, Mohamed, Kienle, Gunver Sophia, Samuels, Noah, Silbermann, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States AlphaMed Press 01.06.2018
• Subjects: Cross‐cultural medicine; Doctor‐patient dialogue; Global Health and Cancer; Integrative medicine; Middle East; Refugees; Traditional medicine; Middle East; Traditional medicine; Refugees; Cross‐cultural medicine; Integrative medicine; Doctor‐patient dialogue

The recent wave of migration from Middle Eastern countries to Europe presents significant challenges to the European health profession. These include the inevitable communication gap created by differences in health care beliefs between European oncologists, health care practitioners, and refugee pa...