Negative health care experiences of immigrant patients: A qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Suurmond, Jeanine ^a   Uiters, Ellen ^b   De Bruijne, Martine C ^c   Stronks, Karien ^a   Essink Bot, Marie Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MALE; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPAIN;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CHINA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PORTUGAL; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPAIN;

EID: 78651348547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-10     Document Type: Article

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