Nurse radiographers' experiences of communication with patients who do not speak the native language

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 774-783

  Fatahi, Nabi ^a,b   Mattsson, Bengt ^b   Lundgren, Solveig M ^b   Hellström, Mikael ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Focus group; Interpreters; Nurse radiographers; Radiological examinations; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY; SWEDEN;

EID: 77951573833     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05236.x     Document Type: Article

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