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Clinical Vignettes from Hawai'i - 2b

Dr. DiMartino works in a health center that sees a fair number of Pacific Islanders. He has been there for several years and has developed a basic understanding of some of the healing practices in this community. His next patient is a Tahitian man who has just sliced his lower leg with a knife.

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Scene 2 - One day later

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