Facilitating Positive Relationships between Patients and Foreign Born Providers in South Central Pennsylvania
Description:
Foreign-born providers make up over a quarter of the physician workforce nationally. Patients in south central Pennsylvania are primarily white with limited interaction with foreigners which can produce barriers to communication and trust. This study proposes practical steps for building positive relationships between patients and their foreign-born providers. Ethnographic methods were used to interview and survey patients and providers about the relationships between foreign-born providers an…
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Date:
May 2016
Creator:
Long, Janel Elaine Lehman
Partner:
UNT Libraries