Do Dutch doctors communicate differently with immigrant patients than with Dutch patients?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2407-2417

  Meeuwesen, Ludwien ^a   Harmsen, Johannes A M ^b   Bernsen, Roos M D ^c   Bruijnzeels, Marc A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

General practice; Health care; Immigrants; Intercultural communication; Interethnic differences; Medical communication; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMIGRANT; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPE VERDE; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; RELIGION; ROTER INTERACTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; SCORING SYSTEM; SURINAME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748519604     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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