Idioms of distress, ethnopsychology, and the clinical encounter in Haiti's Central Plateau
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.040
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Haiti; Mental health; Idioms of distress; Ethnopsychology; Somatoform disorders; Cultural competence; Biomedicine; Women; Communication;All these keywords.
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