Discovering the research priorities of people with diabetes in a multicultural community

[摘要] The paper by Brown et al1 is a much needed piece of research in an area that has been neglected by funding bodies in the past.1 However, despite its patient-centredness, it is still not truly ethnocentric — as far as readers could tell, the ethnicity of the ‘Asian’ focus groups was not clarified. As there are big differences between ‘Asian’ or ‘South Asian’ communities2 (usually defined as people originating from the Indian sub-continent), either of which should be defined in a paper, it is currently considered more culturally sensitive to identify groups by their own specified ethinicity.3,4 It would not alter the word count to use, say, ‘Pakistani’ instead of ‘Asian’ and is far more specific.

[学科分类] 卫生学