The development and evaluation of alternative communication strategies to facilitate interactions with Somali refugees in primary care: A preliminary study

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-189

  Johnson, Marianne J ^a   Evans, D Gareth ^a   Mohamed, Zeinab ^a   Caress, Ann Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication; Provider patient interaction; Somali refugees

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MICROCOMPUTER; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REFUGEE; SOMALIA;

EID: 33846273760     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v14i3.629     Document Type: Conference Paper

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