A description of some aspects of the triangular meeting between immigrant patients, their interpreters and GPs in primary health care in Stockholm, Sweden

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 377-383

  Wiking, Eivor ^a   Saleh Stattin, Nouha ^a   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GPs; Immigrant patients; Patient centred communication; Professional interpreters; Triangular meeting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 70349543810     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp052     Document Type: Article

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