Survey of family physicians' perspectives on management of immigrant patients: Attitudes, barriers, strategies, and training needs

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-209

  Papic, Ognjen ^a   Malak, Ziad ^a   Rosenberg, Ellen ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cultural diversity; Health care; Migration and immigration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPRETER SERVICE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84856228204     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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