[Patients of other cultures and somatization].
This work concerns my personal clinical experience with people of other cultures presenting somatization. I analyse different ways of understanding this apparent lack of words in some of these patients, and a clinical approach based on the conviction that words are necessary to alleviate suffering of our patients.
Bierens de Haan
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donatellabdh@iprolink.ch
D000328:Adult; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*