Grappling with cultural differences; communication between oncologists and immigrant cancer patients with and without interpreters

Phyllis Butow, Melanie Bell, David Goldstein, Ming Sze, Lynley Aldridge, Sarah Abdo, Michelle Mikhail, Skye Dong, Rick Iedema, Ray Ashgari, Rina Hui, Maurice Eisenbruch

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Abstract

Patients with newly diagnosed incurable cancer who had immigrated from Arabic, Chinese or Greek speaking countries or were Anglo-Australian, and family members, were recruited from 10 medical oncologists in 9 hospitals. Two consultations from each patient were audio-taped, transcribed, translated into English and coded.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)398 - 405
Number of pages8
JournalPatient Education and Counseling
Volume84
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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