Do attitudes and behavior of health care professionals exacerbate health care disparities among immigrant and ethnic minority groups? An integrative literature review

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 70, Issue , 2017, Pages 89-98

  Drewniak, Daniel ^a   Krones, Tanja ^a,b   Wild, Verina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitudes and behavior; Ethnic minorities; Health care disparities; Health care personnel; Immigrants; Integrative literature review

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS;

EID: 85013676019     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.02.015     Document Type: Review

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