Working with immigrant families raising a child with a disability: Challenges and recommendations for healthcare and community service providers

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2007-2017

  Lindsay, Sally ^a   King, Gillian ^a   Klassen, Anne F ^b   Esses, Victoria ^c   Stachel, Melissa ^c  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Culturally sensitive care; Healthcare providers; Immigrant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISABLED CHILDREN; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84866907621     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.667192     Document Type: Article

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