1. Representation of Expatriates Among Cancer Patients in Kuwait and the Need for Culturally-Competent Care.
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Alshemmari, Salem H., Refaat, Samar M., Elbasmi, Amani A., and Alsirafy, Samy A.
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CANCER patients ,CANCER patient medical care ,CHI-squared test ,ETHNIC groups ,MEDICAL needs assessment ,NEEDS assessment ,POVERTY ,PROBABILITY theory ,CULTURAL competence ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
From 2000 to 2007, 11,793 cancer patients received treatment in Kuwait. Non-Kuwaitis accounted for 6,016 (51%) patients. They came from 68 countries, mainly from the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean (59%) and South-East Asian (20%) regions. The majority (69%) was from low- and low-middle income countries. Thirty-seven percent were from non-Arabic speaking countries. To provide culturally-competent care for expatriate patients, there is a need to explore the impact of their ethnic, sociocultural, economic, language diversity, and expatriation-related stressors on different aspects of cancer care. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2012
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