Abstract:The bulk of transcultural research has concentrated on particular themes, which include parasuicides among British Asian women, schizophrenia among Afro-Carribeans, and clinical presentation of somatisation in different races (Littlewood & Lipsedge, 1989). The focus has largely been on clinical patterns of illness and the social determinant of distress as experienced by ethnic minorities in the community remains largely neglected. An attempt has been made, after two years experience of working in a Birming… Show more
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