The intercultural challenges of general practitioners in Norway with migrant patients

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-33

  Goth, Ursula Småland ^a   Berg, John Erik ^b   Akman, Haci ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community medicine; General practitioner scheme; Immigrants; Intercultural communication; Migrants; Primary health care; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957793373     PISSN: 17479894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/ijmhsc.2010.0447     Document Type: Article

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