Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra
Volume 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 9-25

The immigrant in primary care consultations [El inmigrante en la consulta de atención primaria] (Review)

Fuertes C.* , Martín Laso M.A.
  • a Centro Salud Chantrea, Pamplona, Spain, Grupo de Atención al Inmigrante, Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar Y Comunitaria (Semfyc), Spain, Centro de Salud de Chantrea, C/ Maria Auxiliadora s/n, 31015 Pamplona, Spain
  • b Grupo de Atención al Inmigrante, Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar Y Comunitaria (Semfyc), Spain, Centro de Salud Moralzarzal, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

In consultations at health centres, the GP, the paediatrician and the nursing staff have faced, above all since the end of the XIX century and so far in the XXI century, the fact of having to attend to a numerous population formed of people uprooted from their community, without close relatives in the majority of cases, with different languages and cultures, and with a different way of understanding health and illness. This article analyses this phenomenon and aims to improve the understanding of health professionals and contribute to improving care for the immigrant patient.

Author Keywords

Primary care Prevalent pathology Health experience Immigrant Cultural competence

Index Keywords

pediatrician patient care Spain immigrant nursing staff general practitioner Review primary medical care Cultural Characteristics Humans health center Transients and Migrants health practitioner mental health human primary health care consultation
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33646888190&partnerID=40&md5=9a8c9eb4923361c28469cb82882d1217
ISSN: 11376627
Cited by: 30
Original Language: Spanish