“How do ethnic minority patients experience the intercultural care encounter in hospitals? a systematic review of qualitative research”

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-17

  Degrie, Liesbet ^a   Gastmans, Chris ^a   Mahieu, Lieslot ^a   Dierckx de Casterlé, Bernadette ^a   Denier, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Cultural diversity; Experiences; Healthcare; Immigrants; Minority groups; Qualitative research; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; IMMIGRANT; MEDIATOR; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERSONHOOD; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONHOOD; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 85009989769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12910-016-0163-8     Document Type: Article

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