A "migrant friendly hospital" initiative in Geneva, Switzerland: Evaluation of the effects on staff knowledge and practices

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Hudelson, Patricia ^a   Dao, Melissa Dominice ^b   Perneger, Thomas ^a   Durieux Paillard, Sophie ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Community Medicine ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIGRANT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; HUMAN RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84908679501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106758     Document Type: Article

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