"They think we're OK and we know we're not". A qualitative study of asylum seekers' access, knowledge and views to health care in the UK

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  O'Donnell, Catherine A ^a   Higgins, Maria ^a   Chauhan, Rohan ^a   Mullen, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; DENTIST; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; STANDARD; TIME;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFUGEES; SCOTLAND; STATE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSLATING; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34250314515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-75     Document Type: Article

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