GlobalCommunity Health: Neurologic care for Latinos in South Philadelphia: Global health at home
| Autor: | Whitley W. Aamodt, Susanna S. O'Kula, Michael N. Rubenstein |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Evening MEDLINE Social Welfare Global Health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health care Global health medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Community Health Services Psychological abuse Philadelphia business.industry Internship and Residency Hispanic or Latino Seizure Disorders Family medicine Community health Neurology (clinical) Public Health Nervous System Diseases business Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Neurology. 93(10) |
| ISSN: | 1526-632X |
| Popis: | On the first Wednesday of each month, 2 neurology residents and an attending from the University of Pennsylvania see patients who lack insurance at Puentes de Salud (Bridges of Health), a nonprofit organization that offers education, health care, and social services to South Philadelphia's Latino immigrant community. On one such evening, I met Carla (name changed to protect patient privacy), who presented for evaluation of a possible seizure disorder. Carla was initially seen by a local doctor in Guatemala and prescribed carbamazepine for events in which she would lose consciousness and bite her tongue. If she felt afraid or anxious, she would take an additional tablet as needed. These episodes coincided with physical and emotional abuse she experienced at the hands of her children's father, and they resolved after she left her abuser. She had no epilepsy risk factors and had not experienced an event in over 8 years. |
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