Explanations, explanations, explanations: How do patients with limited English construct narrative accounts in multi-lingual, multi-ethnic settings, and how can GPs interpret them?

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 412-418

  Moss, Becky ^a   Roberts, Celia ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communicative style; Cultural differences; Explanations; Misunderstandings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONSULTATION; CONVERSATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPREHENSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; LONDON; MULTILINGUALISM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; STATE MEDICINE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 27144509748     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi037     Document Type: Article

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