Are GP patients' needs being met? Unfulfilled information needs among native-Dutch and Turkish-Dutch patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 261-267

  Schinkel, Sanne ^a   Schouten, Barbara C ^a   van Weert, Julia C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Information needs; Intercultural communication; Observation study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; NATIVE DUTCH; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TURKISH DUTCH;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMATION LITERACY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; PATIENTS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TAPE RECORDING; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872420969     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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