Nurses' perceptions of working with immigrant patients and interpreters in Finland

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 143-150

  Eklöf, Niina ^a   Hupli, Maija ^a   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Immigrant; Interpreter; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MIGRANT; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE);

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PRIMARY CARE NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSLATING;

EID: 84925349121     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phn.12120     Document Type: Article

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