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Ethnicity and Caring for a Disabled Child: The Case of Children with Sickle Cell or Thalassaemia
(The British Association of Social Workers, 1996-12-01)
Services for haemoglobinopathies have been a major site of struggles for the black communities, yet the social research literature on haemoglobinopathies remains patchy and fragmented. We provide an overview of the literature ...
An exploration of white, Asian and Afro‐Caribbean peoples’ concepts of health and illness causation
(Taylor and Francis Online, 1992)
This article is based on secondary analysis of the Health and Lifestyle Survey. Matched controls from the white respondents were selected for the 129 Asians and 94 Afro‐Caribbeans. The analysis concentrates on concepts of ...
Service support to families caring for a child with a sickle cell disorder or thalassaemia: the experience of health professionals, service managers and health commissioners
(SAGE, 1998-07-01)
Until recently, health care policy has largely ignored sickle cell disorders (SCDs) and thalassaemia. This is despite the difficulties faced by service users and their families: the consequences of which range from denial ...
General Practitioners' Perceptions of Asian and Non-Asian Patients
(Oxford Academic, 1991-03-01)
The literature on the health of the population of Asian origin contains little on their interaction with primary care services. This paper reports results of a postal survey of GPs' attitudes towards Asian and Non-Asian ...
"Race" and Community Care. "Race," Health and Social Care Series.
(institution of education science, 1996)
This collection offers a wide-ranging introduction to contemporary issues surrounding the health care needs of members of minority ethnic communities within the framework of community care in Britain. The following chapters ...
Genetic screening and haemoglobinopathies: Ethics, politics and practice
(Elsevier, 1998-02)
The increasing availability of information on the human genetic makeup presents both individuals and society with difficult decisions. This paper explores the ethical and practical issues raised by genetic screening for ...
Consanguinity and Related Demons: Science and Racism in the Debate on Consanguinity and Birth Outcome
(Springer, 1996)
The tendency to locate health inequalities in cultural or genetic differences between groups is not new (Crawford, 1977). It is particularly true in ‘explaining’ ethnic health inequalities ranging from tuberculosis to ...
Screening and counselling for sickle cell disorders and thalassaemia: The experience of parents and health professionals
(Elsevier, 1998-12)
Shortfalls in haemoglobinopathy provision result in patients and their carers receiving inadequate support. This paper, by drawing on material from a project evaluating service provision to families caring for a child with ...
General Practitioners' Perceptions of Asian and Non-Asian Patients
(Oxford University Press, 1991-03-01)
The literature on the health of the population of Asian origin contains little on their interaction with primary care services. This paper reports results of a postal survey of GPs' attitudes towards Asian and Non-Asian ...
The maligned healer: The ‘hakim’ and western medicine
(Taylor and Francis Online, 1992)
Over the past decade Britain has seen an unprecedented increase in ‘alternative’ or ‘complementary’ therapies and yet concern has been expressed in particular about the practices of one type of healer, the hakim. Here I ...