Anthropology in the Clinic: The Problem of Cultural Competency and How to Fix It

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Arthur Kleinman ,

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Peter Benson

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Arthur Kleinman: *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:kleinman@wjh.harvard.edu
Peter Benson

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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