Midwives views on factors that contribute to health care inequalities among immigrants in Sweden: A qualitative study

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Akhavan, Sharareh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Immigrants; Inequality; Midwives; Transcultural health care

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DATA ACQUISITION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; IMMIGRANT; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE INEQUALITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDWIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; SWEDEN; TRUST;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84865096265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-47     Document Type: Article

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