Cancer and communication in the health care setting: Experiences of older Vietnamese immigrants, a qualitative study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-50

  Nguyen, Giang T ^a   Barg, Frances K ^a   Armstrong, Katrina ^a   Holmes, John H ^a   Hornik, Robert C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Cancer; Communication; Doctor patient relationship; Immigrant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIET NAM;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHILADELPHIA; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; VIETNAM;

EID: 37749027187     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0455-2     Document Type: Article

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