Responding to cultural diversity at two Sydney-based children's hospitals

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 788-794

  White, Les ^a,b   Chalmers, Sharon ^c  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

access; child; communication; diversity; family

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ANGLO AUSTRALIAN; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE FAMILY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MULTILINGUALISM; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSLATING;

EID: 81455154768     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02027.x     Document Type: Article

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