Dentist-patient communication in the multilingual dental setting

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 235-241

  Goldsmith, C ^a   Slack Smith, L ^a   Davies, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Dental patient; Languages

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; ENDODONTICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SATISFACTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MULTILINGUALISM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; TRANSLATING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 30444451652     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2005.tb00366.x     Document Type: Article

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