Health services and the treatment of immigrants: Data on service use, interpreting services and immigrant staff members in services across Europe

European Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages

  Kluge, U ^a   Bogic, M ^b   Deville W ^c,d   Greacen, T ^e   Dauvrin, M ^f,g   Dias, S ^h   Gaddini, A ⁱ   Koitzsch Jensen, N ^j   Ioannidi Kapolou, E ^k   Mertaniemi, R ^l   Puipcinos i Riera R ^m   Sandhu, S ^b   Sarvary, A ⁿ   Soares, J J F ^o   Stankunas, M ^p,q   Strassmayr C ^r   Welbel, M ^s   Heinz, A ^a   Priebe, S ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Etablissement Public de Sante Maison Blanche   (France)

^f FNRS   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^h INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

ⁱ Public Health Agency for the Lazio Region   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^k NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^l NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^m AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^o MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^q LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^r LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^s INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

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Author keywords

Europe; Immigrants; Interpreting service; Service use; Staff diversity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS;

EID: 84864514352     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(12)75709-7     Document Type: Article

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