Perspectives on care and communication involving incurably ill Turkish and Moroccan patients, relatives and professionals: A systematic literature review

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  De Graaff, Fuusje M ^a,b   Mistiaen, Patriek ^c   Devillé, Walter Ljm ^a,c,e   Francke, Anneke L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MUTANT Projects for Innovation and Diversity   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Ethnic minorities; Immigrants; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; RELATIVE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84866277161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-11-17     Document Type: Review

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