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Brazilian woman who underwent cesarean section in Japan : How to overcome complications,communication gap, and cultural/medical differences in perception

Bulletin of health sciences Kobe

25

61-65

Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University

2009

2010-06-07

Sometimes medical staffs will find difficulties in providing health care to foreign patients residing in Japan. There exists a language barrier, and different ideas between cultures toward health and diseases. We report a case which pregnant Brazilian woman who had cesarean section due to the complications of pregnancy including hypertension (PIH) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and whose baby was followed up in a pediatric ward for further examinations. Medical staffs had to convince not only patient but also the family to proceed with its treatment. The overview of foreign pregnant woman with complication is to be understood thoroughly for its betterment of medical care to foreign patients.

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