RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Caring For The Bicultural Family: The Korean-American Example
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 261
OP 268
DO 10.3122/jabfm.6.3.261
VO 6
IS 3
A1 Blount, B. Wayne
A1 Curry, Amos
YR 1993
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/6/3/261.abstract
AB Bicultural families are increasing in US society, and family physicians will see more of these families for medical care. They can exhibit problems unique to their bicultural experience that arise from the stresses caused by cultural differences in such areas as family roles, emotion expression, child rearing, interpersonal relationships, and methods of communications. If coping mechanisms do not resolve these stresses, the family will come to the family physician with physical manifestations of illness or distress. The symptoms are usually related to depression or depressive equivalents. To care for these families successfully, family physicians should treat both family members and the individual patient. When caring for bicultural families, it is important to recognize the high-risk factors that put them at risk for dysfunction. Treatment goals should be centered on communication and education. In short-term counseling, support, education, listening, and referral to appropriate community resources are useful treatment modalities.