Language awareness in the bilingual healthcare setting: A national survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1177-1186

  Roberts, Gwerfyl Wyn ^a   Irvine, Fiona Elizabeth ^a   Jones, Peter Reece ^a   Spencer, Llinos Haf ^a   Baker, Colin Ronald ^a   Williams, Cen ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude; Bilingual; Communication barriers; Language; Structured questionnaires; Welsh

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTILINGUALISM; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; WALES;

EID: 34547533474     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.03.019     Document Type: Article

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