Hmong health care - reflections on a six-year experience.

International Migration Review
Volume 21, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 857-865

Hmong health care - reflections on a six-year experience. (Article)

Deinard A.S. , Dunnigan T.

^a The Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Minneapolis Health Dept. and the Univ. of Minnesota, USA., United States
^b The Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Minneapolis Health Dept. and the Univ. of Minnesota, USA., United States

Abstract

Difficulties experienced over the past six years in providing health care to Southeast Asian refugees are described. The need to involve patients in the planning process, particularly when dealing with patients who come from markedly different cultures, is discussed. The role of the bilingual interpreter is emphasized. -from Authors

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DOI: 10.2307/2546627

ISSN: 01979183

Cited by: 20

Original Language: English