From inside the bubble: Migrants' perceptions of communication with the cancer team

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 281-290

  Butow, Phyllis N ^a   Sze, Ming ^a   Dugal Beri, Priya ^a   Mikhail, Michelle ^a   Eisenbruch, Maurice ^b   Jefford, Michael ^c,d   Schofield, Penelope ^c,d   Girgis, Afaf ^e   King, Madeleine ^a   Goldstein, David ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^f PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Cultural competence; Migrants; Multi culturalism; Unmet needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALIENATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 78651493999     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0817-x     Document Type: Article

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