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Culturally Sensitive Medical Interviewing Tools

Eliciting an Explanatory Model3

Kleinman3 suggests the following questions to elicit an explanatory model from a patient:

  1. What do you think caused your problem?
  2. Why do you think it started when it did?
  3. What do you think your sickness does to you?
  4. How severe is your sickness? Do you think it will last a long time, or will it be better soon in your opinion?
  5. What are the chief problems your sickness has caused for you?
  6. What do you fear most about your sickness?
  7. What kind of treatment do you think you should receive?
  8. What are the most important results you hope to get from treatment?

 
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