RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Recognizing Culturally Related Findings on Refugee Physical Examinations
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 653
OP 657
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2018.04.170375
VO 31
IS 4
A1 Ellen Einterz
YR 2018
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/31/4/653.abstract
AB On physical examination, refugees from countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East often present with findings that are unfamiliar to primary health care providers in the West. Previous traditional practices that may have left their mark include scarification and burning of the skin, excision of body parts, and subcutaneous insertion of foreign material. The descriptions detailed here introduce providers to some of the signs that result from body modification practices commonly encountered on physical examination of refugees.