Immigrant patients' experiences and reflections pertaining to the consultation: A study on patients from Chile, Iran and Turkey in primary health care in Stockholm, Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 290-297

  Wiking, Eivor ^a   Saleh Stattin, Nuha ^a   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consolation; Consultation; Immigrant patients; Interpreters; Patient centred strategies; Satisfaction; Self reported health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SWEDEN; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549114579     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2008.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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