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Developing a culturally relevant bioethics for Asian people [PDF]

Journal of Medical Ethics, 2001
Because of cultural differences between East and West, any attempt at outright adaptation of Western ideas in Asia will undoubtly encounter problems, if not rejection. Transferring an idea from one place to another is just like transplanting an organ from a donor to a recipient—rejection is to be expected.
M C, Tai, C S, Lin
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Microcirculatory rarefaction in South Asians - a potential mechanism for increased cardiovascular risk and diabetes.

PLoS ONE, 2013
People of South Asian descent have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes, but little is known about the microcirculation in South Asian people despite evidence that this plays an important role in the aetiology of CVD.
Alun D Hughes, Raj Bathula, Chloe Park, Therese Tillin, Nicholas Wit, Simon McG Thom, Nish Chaturvedi   +6 more
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Understanding self-harm and suicidal behaviours in South Asian communities in the UK: systematic review and meta-synthesis

BJPsych Open, 2023
Background Previous findings have indicated that self-harm and suicide are associated with different rates, and different risk and protective factors in South Asian people compared with White people in the UK.
Büşra Özen-Dursun, Safa Kemal Kaptan, Sally Giles, Nusrat Husain, Maria Panagioti   +4 more
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Pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes in Japan and East Asian populations: Basic and clinical explorations

Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and Biological Sciences
It is now accepted that the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes in East Asians including Japanese differs distinctly from that in Caucasians. Many non-obese individuals in Japan develop type 2 diabetes and present clinically with insufficient insulin ...
Yutaka SEINO, Yuji YAMAZAKI
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Rates and risk factors for amputation in people with diabetes in Japan: a historical cohort study using a nationwide claims database

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2021
Background The prevalence of diabetes is rising, and diabetes develops at a younger age in East Asia. Although lower limb amputation negatively affects quality of life and increases the risk of cardiovascular events, little is known about the rates and ...
Masanori Kaneko, Kazuya Fujihara, Mayuko Yamada Harada, Taeko Osawa, Masahiko Yamamoto, Masaru Kitazawa, Yasuhiro Matsubayashi, Takaho Yamada, Hiroyasu Seida, Satoru Kodama, Hirohito Sone   +10 more
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IN SEARCH OF CONTEXTUAL AND HUMANISTIC SOUTHEAST ASIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 2015
English literature studies in Indonesia has to undergo a paradigm shift, given the demographic change of users and providers of English, to say nothing of the growing interests in Asian literature written in and/or translated into English. Mindful of our
Novita Dewi
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Teaching of South Asian Languages at Chinese Universities

Policy Perspectives, 2012
[South Asian languages have been taught at Chinese universities for long. These, however, fall under the category of 'less commonly taught' languages. In the recent past, Chinese government has developed infrastructure and enhanced the facilities for the
Liu Shuxiong
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Lived Experience of Health Seeking and Healthcare Utilization Among Korean Immigrant Women Living in Suburban Communities

Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal, 2018
Despite the rapid increase in Korean immigrant women in the United States, research on healthcare utilization and health-seeking behavior among Korean immigrant women is limited.
Jin Young Seo, Wooksoo Kim, Sharon Hewner, Suzanne Dickerson   +3 more
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The slow violence of racism on Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Racism against people of Asian descent increased by over 300% after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in the United States, with one in five Asian Americans reporting direct experiences with overt discrimination. Large-scale efforts and resources initially,
Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, Aldo Barrita, Anthony King, Michelle Strong   +3 more
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Comparison of aesthetic facial criteria between Caucasian and East Asian female populations: An esthetic surgeon's perspective

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2018
Objective aesthetic criteria are important for patient evaluation and analysis during aesthetic surgeries, while successful aesthetic surgeries must take into account the underlying ethnic differences.
Y. Gao, J. Niddam, W. Noel, B. Hersant, J.P. Meningaud   +4 more
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