{"product_id":"spirits-in-the-consulting-room-eight-tales-of-healing-paperback","title":"Spirits in the Consulting Room: Eight Tales of Healing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSerge Bouznah\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCatherine Lewertowski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJaswant Guzder\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor any country that has a large and diverse migrant population, it is a struggle to connect these people to the country's institutions, including the healthcare system, which can be overwhelming in its complexity. Cultural and language barriers often make it difficult for doctors to fully understand the symptoms of their migrant patients, reach accurate diagnoses, or properly treat their suffering. Thus, medical practitioners must attempt new, innovative practices in order to reach patients where they are and convince them to accept treatment from doctors they don't totally understand. In France, Serge Bouznah and Catherine Lewertowski have pioneered one such practice--that of transcultural mediation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawn from two decades of their experience with transcultural mediation, \u003ci\u003eSpirits in the Consulting Room \u003c\/i\u003etells the stories of eight patients--mainly migrants--and their families. Each chapter focuses on a different patient, and Christelle, Djibril, Moncef, Alhassane, Jacinthe, Amy, Cyril, Alice, and Pierre leap off the page as distinct people with unique situations. Together, these chapters reveal how patients' comprehension of their symptoms is shaped by their cultural background, while recounting the challenges of translating that into terms the doctors can grasp. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book shows how trained transcultural mediators can help to redress the power imbalance between doctors and the migrants they treat, providing patients with advocates who respect the authority of their background and experiences and don't just take the side of the medical professionals. The groundbreaking insights modeled in this book can be applied to any medical situation where doctors and patients find themselves speaking different languages. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSERGE BOUZNAH is a public health physician specializing in transcultural clinical practice. In 1988 he founded one of the first services of transcultural mediation in France. He is currently the director of the Centre Babel at the Hôpital Cochin-Paris and heads the department for mediation practice in transcultural situations at the Université Paris Descartes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e CATHERINE LEWERTOWSKI is a physician who specializes in transcultural approaches. She currently oversees the primary health centers for mothers and children in the department of Seine Saint-Denis. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSoigner: Le virus et le fétiche \u003c\/i\u003e(Cure: The virus and the fetish, with Tobie Nathan), \u003ci\u003eLes enfants de Moissac, 1939-1945\u003c\/i\u003e (The children of Moissac, 1939-1945), and \u003ci\u003ePapi Nougat n'est pas mort\u003c\/i\u003e (Papi Nougat is not dead). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e CARMELLA ABRAMOWITZ MOREAU studied social anthropology and English literature at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language from McGill University and an MA in translation from the University of London. She lives and works in Paris. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766149349664,"sku":"9781978829862","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a6ee12b5e6efa9ddf72c73d7638bfa62_304d3a51-45d8-4864-a6f3-b92a56b0c8ad.webp?v=1780286636","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/spirits-in-the-consulting-room-eight-tales-of-healing-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}