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Table 6 Categories of requests made by the referring clinicians to the Cultural consultation service (CCS)

From: The relevance of clinical ethnography: reflections on 10 years of a cultural consultation service

Category of request addressed to the CCS

N a

%

Help resolve specific clinical issue

 Improve patient’s treatment adherence

86

36.4

 Evaluate patient’s diagnosis

27

11.4

 Verify the patient’s illness comprehension and ability to give informed consent

22

9.3

Improve general understanding of the patient

 Clarify patient’s illness-related beliefs and practices

76

32.2

 Provide information about the patient’s social situation and living conditions

116

49.2

 Request for general information about a religious or ethnic community

81

34.3

 Clarify expectations of patient and/or family

20

8.5

Other

81

34.3

  1. aThe sum of requests is greater than 236 because clinicians often formulated multiple requests