Grappling with cultural differences; Communication between oncologists and immigrant cancer patients with and without interpreters

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 398-405

  Butow, Phyllis ^a   Bell, Melanie ^a   Goldstein, David ^b   Sze, Ming ^a   Aldridge, Lynley ^a   Abdo, Sarah ^a   Mikhail, Michelle ^a   Dong, Skye ^a   Iedema, Rick ^c   Ashgari, Ray ^d   Hui, Rina ^e   Eisenbruch, Maurice ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Cultural competence; Immigrants; Multi culturalism; Stigma; Unmet needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIGRATION; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 80051777114     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.01.035     Document Type: Article

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