Cultural barriers to successful communication during orthodontic care

Community Dental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 256-261

  Khan, Farrah A ^a   Williams, Sonia A ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Communication; Ethnicity; Orthodontics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORTHODONTICS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; ORTHODONTICS; PARENTS;

EID: 0033253597     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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