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“Do my Roma and non-Roma patients need different care?” A brief step-by-step guideline for clinical practitioners

Authors: Andrej Belak, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Jitse P. van Dijk, Sijmen A. Reijneveld

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 7/2019

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As researchers regularly publishing on Roma health in Slovakia and beyond, we often get approached by alerted clinical practitioners who treat Roma patients. Usually, they contact us with the impression that their Roma and their non-Roma patients have significantly different symptoms, morbidity or care outcomes and question how they could diversify and tailor their care accordingly. Fellow researchers elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are likely to face similar requests for help (Cook et al. 2013; Crowe 2007). …

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Title: “Do my Roma and non-Roma patients need different care?” A brief step-by-step guideline for clinical practitioners
Authors: Andrej Belak
Andrea Madarasova Geckova
Jitse P. van Dijk
Sijmen A. Reijneveld
Publication date: 01-09-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 7/2019
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-019-01246-9

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