Emotional cues and concerns in hospital encounters with non-Western immigrants as compared with Norwegians: An exploratory study

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-331

  Kale, Emine ^a,b   Finset, Arnstein ^b   Eikeland, Hanne Lise ^b   Gulbrandsen, Pål ^c,d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Concerns; Cues; Hospital patients; Immigrant patients; Intercultural communication; Negative emotions; Patient provider communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MALE PHYSICIAN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORWAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERONA CODES FOR PROVIDER RESPONSES; VERONA CODING DEFINITIONS OF EMOTIONAL CONSEQUENCES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMUNICATION; CUES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; KINESICS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 80051718595     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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