Accessing medication information by ethnic minorities: Barriers and possible solutions

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 185-190

  Schaafsma, E S ^a   Raynorr, D K ^b   de Jong van den Berg L T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counselling; Cross cultural communication; Ethnic minorities; Intercultural communication; Medication information; Oral information; Patient education; Pharmacy; Written information

Indexed keywords

COUNSELING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG INFORMATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT EDUCATION; READING; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0141954298     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025812716177     Document Type: Review

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