[Diabetes among immigrants from non-western countries].
Around 15% of all inhabitants in Oslo, Norway, have non-western ethnic background. In downtown Oslo the proportion is around one third. Diabetes is more frequent in non-western ethnic groups than among westerners. Treatment of diabetes requires a collaboration between the patient and the health professional and a common understanding of the nature of the disease and the treatment objectives. In the encounter with patients of foreign origin there are several cultural obstacles for compliance: language problems, illiteracy, religious fatalism and reluctance by the patients to take responsibility for his/her own disease. Lovisenberg Diakonale Sykehus in Oslo has conducted education classes for groups of Pakistani persons with diabetes.
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Medisinsk avdeling, Lovisenberg Diakonale Sykehus, Oslo.
D001294:Attitude to Health; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012068:Religion and Medicine