Barriers beyond words: Cancer, culture, and translation in a community of Russian speakers

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 300-305

  Dohan, Daniel ^a   Levintova, Marya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Immigrant health; Qualitative research; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPECTATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PATIENT CARE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SUPPORT GROUP;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RUSSIA; SAN FRANCISCO; TRANSLATING;

EID: 35448982829     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0325-y     Document Type: Article

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