Cultural differences in managing information during medical interaction: How does the physician get a clue?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 183-190

  Meeuwesen, Ludwien ^a   Tromp, Fred ^b   Schouten, Barbara C ^c   Harmsen, Johannes A M ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Doctor patient communication; Ethnic minorities; Information management; Intercultural communication; Sequential analysis

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONVERSATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 34249951948     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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