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Patients with culture-bound symptoms are not uncommon within primary care in India or in other Asian countries and communities. We argue that such cases need to be properly understood if satisfactory patient outcomes are to be achieved.

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Why is it important?

In the primary care setting, even though time may be a scarce resource, it is important to be mindful of social and cultural factors that can negatively impact on patient well-being.

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This page is a summary of: Cultural aspects of primary healthcare in india: A case- based analysis, Asia Pacific Family Medicine, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/1447-056x-10-8.
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