Meeting and treating cultural difference in primary care: A qualitative interview study

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-115

  Wachtler, Caroline ^a,b,c   Brorsson, Annika ^a,b,c   Troein, Margareta ^a,b,c  

^a Institution for Clinical Sciences   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication barriers; Communication skills; Cultural diversity; GPs; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; AUDIO RECORDING; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 31744451767     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi086     Document Type: Article

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