Improving intercultural staff communication in the long-term care setting

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 34-37

  Pukstas, Kimberly ^a   Parker, Victoria ^a   Brandeis, Gary ^b   Hardt, Eric ^b   Geron, Scott Miyake ^c   Tyler, Denise ^a   Leigh, Jennifer ^a   Engle, Ryann ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; GESTURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33748170636     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: 15247929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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