Care of Adult Refugees with Chronic Conditions

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1039-1058

  Terasaki, Genji ^a   Ahrenholz, Nicole Chow ^a   Haider, Mahri Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asylee; Chronic disease; Cross cultural medicine; Immigrant; Language; Mental health; Primary care; Refugee

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; METFORMIN; PRAZOSIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HELMINTHIASIS; HEPATITIS B; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RATE; MASSAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCREENING TEST; SOMATIZATION; STRONGYLOIDES; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; REFUGEES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940614920     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: 15579859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2015.05.006     Document Type: Review

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