Migrants' perceptions of using interpreters in health care: Original Article

International Nursing Review

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-469

  Hadziabdic, E ^a   Heikkila K ^a   Albin, B ^a   Hjelm, K ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Healthcare Service; Interpreters; Interviews; Migrants; Phenomenography; Sweden; Users' Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CROATIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERBIA; SWEDEN; TRUST; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROATIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SERBIA; SWEDEN; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRANSLATING; TRUST; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 70449476147     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2009.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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