Intercultural communication competence in family medicine: Lessons from the field

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 236-245

  Rosenberg, Ellen ^a   Richard, Claude ^b   Lussier, Marie Thérèse ^b   Abdool, Shelly N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Ethnicity; Migration and immigration; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KINESICS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33646102677     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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