This case describes the experiences of one consultant working in Afghanistan, for ten weeks. The case is organized around the consultation cycle, and the problems for which consultation was requested. It raises important questions in terms of how consultants from one culture work in another; how multilateral agencies contract for consultant services — a process which usually prevents the consultant and consultee from interacting around the problems prior to the actual consultation; and how one consultation builds upon the previous consultations, albeit by different consultants. Implicit is the recognition of the need for special preparation in consultation for health educators and for working in cross-cultural contexts.
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Included in this list are materials that have been used in preparation of the case as well as references that are recommended for readers in reviewing the case. Those used in preparation of the case are naturally those that are dated close to the time of the actual consultation, whereas other references are those which represent more current views of some of the problems involved in consultation in a developing country and in Afghanistan in particular.
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