Language difficulties in outpatients and their impact on a chronic pain unit in northwest Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 140, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 260-264

  Ruppen, Wilhelm ^a   Bandschapp, Oliver ^a   Urwyler, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Communication problems; Financial impact; Immigrants; Language problems; Pain therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSULTATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWITZERLAND; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PAIN; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT REFERRAL; TIME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTPATIENTS; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951746207     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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