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work_j32dizlekzgv5ak57bikdcadby	Lance Daniel Laird	Portraying Islam and Muslims in MEDLINE: A content analysis	2007	3	.pdf	application/pdf	1136	91	45	Portraying Islam and Muslims in MEDLINE: A content analysis The growing number and diversity of Muslims in the United States and Western Europe challenge clinicians and about Muslim patient populations, clinicians and researchers routinely consult medical literature. literature portrays Muslims, we conducted an ethnographic content analysis of 2342 OVID MEDLINE-indexed abstracts stated) themes included Muslim religious practices, Islamic law and ethics, history of Islamic medicine, public health, social Latent (underlying) themes implied that being an observant Muslim poses health risks; Muslims are negatively affected by tradition, and should adopt modernity; and that ''Islam'' is a problem for biomedical Keywords: Ethnographic content analysis; Islam; Muslims; Religion; MEDLINE discourse portrays Islam as monolithic and threatening, Muslims as using their religion to gain ''Islam,'' a religious tradition, and ''Muslims,'' the that a systematic content analysis of MEDLINEindexed abstracts might illuminate meanings assigned to both terms in health-related contexts and how representations of Muslims and Islam in	./cache/work_j32dizlekzgv5ak57bikdcadby.pdf	./txt/work_j32dizlekzgv5ak57bikdcadby.txt