Experiences of Kurdish war-wounded refugees in communication with Swedish authorities through interpreter

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-165

  Fatahi, Nabi ^a,b   Nordholm, Lena ^c   Mattsson, Bengt ^b   Hellström, Mikael ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross cultural communication; Interpreters; Mother tongue; Physician patient encounters; Refugee; Tri lingual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CITIZENSHIP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEAR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFUGEE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPINE INJURY; SWEDEN; WAR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFUGEES; SWEDEN; TRANSLATING; WAR;

EID: 73949151891     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Wallin A.M., and Ahlström G. Cross-cultural interview studies using interpreters: systematic literature review. J Adv Nurs 55 (2006) 723-735
2. Rosen J., Spatz E.S., Gaaserud A.M.J., Abramovitch H., Weinreb B., Wenger N.S., and Margolis C.Z. A new approach to developing cross-cultural communication skills. Med Teach 26 (2004) 101-105
3. Gadon M., Balch G.I., and Jacobs E.A. Caring for patients with limited English proficiency: the perspectives of small group practitioners. J Gen Intern Med 22 (2007) 341-346
4. Greenhalgh T., Voisey C., and Robb N. Interpreted consultations as 'business as usual'? An analysis of organisational routines in general practices. Sociol Health Illn 29 (2007) 931-954
5. Robertson E., Iglesias E., Johansson S.E., and Sundquist J. Migration status and limiting long-standing illness: a longitudinal study of women of childbearing age in Sweden. Eur J Public Health 13 (2003) 99-104
6. Monroe A.D., and Shirazian T. Challenging linguistic barriers to health care: students as medical interpreters. Acad Med 79 (2004) 118-122
7. Grow R.W., Sztajnkrycer M.D., and Moore B.R. Language barriers as a reported cause of prehospital care delay in Minnesota. Prehosp Emerg Care 12 (2008) 76-79
8. Schyve P.M. Language differences as a barrier to quality and safety in health care: the Joint Commission perspective. J Gen Intern Med 22 (2007) 360-361
9. Roberts G.W., Irvine F.E., Jones P.R., Spencer L.H., Baker C.R., and Williams C. Language awareness in the bilingual healthcare setting: a national survey. Int J Nurs Stud 44 (2007) 1177-1186
10. Schouten B.C., and Meeuwesen L. Cultural differences in medical communication: a review of the literature. Patient Educ Couns 64 (2006) 21-34
11. Van-Wieringen J.C., Harmsen J.A., and Bruijnzeels M.A. Intercultural communication in general practice. Eur J Public Health 12 (2002) 63-68
12. Hermansson A.C., Timpka T., and Thyberg M. The mental health of war-wounded refugees: an 8-year follow-up. J Nerv Ment Dis 190 (2002) 374-380
13. Povlsen L., Olsen B., and Ladelund S. Educating families from ethnic minorities in type 1 diabetes-experiences from a Danish intervention study. Patient Educ Couns 59 (2005) 164-170
14. Fatahi N., Mattsson B., Hasanpoor J., and Skott C. Interpreters' experiences of general practitioner-patient encounters. Scand J Prim Health Care 23 (2005) 159-163
15. Schlemmer A., and Mash B. The effects of a language barrier in a South African district hospital. S Afr Med J 9 (2006) 1084-1087
16. Surbone A. Cultural aspects of communication in cancer care. Recent Results Cancer Res 16 (2008) 235-240
17. Mattingly C. The concept of therapeutic "emplotment". Soc Sci Med 6 (1994) 811-822
18. Dyck I. The immigrant client: issues in developing culturally sensitive practice. Can J Occup Ther 56 (1989) 248-254
19. SCB. Statistisk årsbok för Sverige (Statistical Year Book, Sweden). Stockholm: Elanders Novum AB; 2006.
20. Niska H. Community interpreting in Sweden (2004), Stockholm University, Institute for Interpretation and Translation
21. Hellners T., and Malmqvist B. Förvaltningslagen med kommentarer (Administration's law with comments) (2003), Norstedts juridik, Stockholm
22. Jacobs B., Kroll L., Green J., and David T.J. The hazards of using a child as an interpreter. J R Soc Med 88 (1995) 474-475
23. Fatahi N., Hellström M., Skott C., and Mattsson B. General practitioners' views on consultations with interpreters: a triad situation with complex issues. Scand J Prim Health Care 26 (2008) 40-45
24. Mast M.S. On the importance of nonverbal communication in the physician-patient interaction. Patient Educ Couns 67 (2007) 315-318
25. Carroll J., Epstein R., Fiscella K., Gipson T., Volpe E., and Pascal J.-P. Caring for Somali women: implications for clinician-patient communication. Patient Educ Couns 66 (2007) 337-345
26. Oquendo M.A. Psychiatric evaluation and psychotherapy in the patient's second language. Psychiatric Serv 47 (1996) 614-618
27. Alinia M. Spaces of diasporas: Kurdish identities, experiences of otherness and politics of belonging. Academic Thesis. Department of Sociology, Göteborg University; 2004.
28. Hasanpoor J. A study of European, Persian and Arabic loans in standard Sorani. Academic Thesis. Department of Asian and African Languages, Uppsala University; 1999.
29. Berelson B. Content analysis in communication research. Glencoe (1952), The Free Press, Illinois
30. Graneheim U.H., and Lundman B. Qualitative content analysis in nursing research: concepts, procedures and measures to achieve trustworthiness. Nurse Educ Today 24 (2004) 105-112
31. Hermansson A-C. War-wounded refugees: a prospective study of well-being and social integration. Academic Thesis. Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University; 1996.
32. Calbucura J. Invandrare med funktionshinder och deras möte med det svenska socialpolitiska systemet. (Disabled immigrants and the Swedish social political system) (2000), Department of Social Sciences, Uppsala University
33. Hunt L.M., and de Voogd K.B. Are good intentions good enough? Informed consent without trained interpreters. J Gen Intern Med 22 (2007) 598-605
34. Capron A.M. Where is the sure interpreter?. Hastings Cent Rep 4 (1992) 26-27
35. Launer J. Taking medical histories through interpreters: Practice in a Nigerian outpatient department. Brit Med J 2 (1978) 934-935
36. Carol E.M. Interpreting information: health care communication among family nurse practitioners, interpreters and Cambodian refugee patients (1991), University of California, San Francisco
37. Green A.R., Ngo-Metzger Q., Legedza A.T., Massagli M.P., Phillips R.S., and Iezzoni L.I. Interpreter services, language concordance, and health care quality. Experiences of Asian Americans with limited English proficiency. J Gen Intern Med 20 (2005) 1050-1056
38. Robb N., and Greenhalgh T. "You have to cover up the words of the doctor": the mediation of trust in interpreted consultations in primary care. J Health Organ Manage 20 (2006) 434-455
39. Bhatia R., and Wallance P. Experiences of refugees and asylum seekers in general practice: a qualitative study. Brit Med J Fam Pract 21 (2007) 8-48
40. Pesquera M., Yoder L., and Lynk M. Improving cross-cultural awareness and skills to reduce health disparities in cancer. Medsurg Nurs 17 (2008) 114-120
41. Bukhari S.S., Pardhan A., Kkan A.S., Ahmed A., Choudry F.J., Pardhan K., Nayeem K., and Khan M. Superstitions regarding health problems in different ethnic groups in Karachi. J Pak Med Assoc 52 (2002) 383-387
42. Taloyan M., Johansson L.M., Johansson S.E., Sundquist J., and Koctürk T.O. Poor self-reported health and sleeping difficulties among Kurdish immigrant men in Sweden. Transcult Psychiatry 43 (2006) 445-461
43. Taloyan M., Sundquist J., and Al-Windi A. The impact of ethnicity and self-reported health on psychological well-being: a comparative study of Kurdish-born and Swedish-born people. Nord J Psychiatry 62 (2008) 392-398
44. Movahedi S. Metalinguistic analysis of therapeutic discourse: flight into a second language when the analyst and the analysand are multilingual. J. Am Psychoanal Assoc 44 (1996) 837-862
45. Hsieh E. Conflicts in how interpreters manage their roles in provider-patient interactions. Soc Sci Med 62 (2006) 721-730