Cultural barriers encountered by Norwegian community pharmacists in providing service to non-Western immigrant patients

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1144-1151

  Håkonsen, Helle ^a   Lees, Karine ^a   Toverud, Else Lydia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cultural barriers; Ethnicity; Immigrant; Language problems; Medicine use; Pharmacy

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN (PEOPLE); PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX ROLE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PROCEDURES; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS;

EID: 84920199588     PISSN: 22107703     EISSN: 22107711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-014-0005-z     Document Type: Article

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