Extending boundaries: Clinical communication with culturally and linguistically diverse mental health clients and carers

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 268-277

  Cross, Wendy M ^a   Bloomer, Melissa J ^b  

^a Nursing and Health Sciences   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CALD; Communication; Culture; Mental illness; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF DISCLOSURE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77955123835     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2010.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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