Posts Tagged ‘health care’

AIDS and African cultural traditions

For years now, those on the front lines of the fight against AIDS in Africa have focused on the most traditional means of transmitting the disease.  Now, though, there is evidence that AIDS may also be spread through some cultural traditions, such as local healing methods, tribal body markings and even child care practices.  The NY Times has a story on [...]

November 21, 2006 health 0 Comments

Medical tourism

In the spring, I had a post about the increasing numbers of Americans who were traveling abroad for surgeries that are often unaffordable at home.  That same topic is in the news again, in the wake of a recent report by the ABC News program Nightline. Overseas medical travel has been popular for a long time for [...]

October 23, 2006 how we live 1 Comment

Adapting medical care to culture

Medical facilities in the U.S. are becoming more aware of the need to adapt their practices to different cultures, as evidenced by this article about New York area hospitals. (This) reflects a broader national shift in health care as urban hospitals move beyond the translation services that started becoming common in the late 1990′s and [...]

June 4, 2006 health 1 Comment

Need surgery? Try Thailand

A few years ago, David Elliot Cohen wrote a book (One Year Off) about a round-the-world journey with his wife and three children.  While in Thailand, his daughter had a finger injury and needed minor surgery at Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok.  Apprehensive at first, he was amazed at the quality and efficiency of the care, not [...]

May 30, 2006 health 1 Comment
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