Primary care consultations on emotional distress - a part of the acculturation process in patients with refugee backgrounds: a grounded theory approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Considering the global refugee crisis, there is an increasing demand on primary care physicians to be able to adequately assess and address the health care needs of individual refugees, including both the somatic and psychiatric spectra. Meanwhile, intercultural consultations are often described as challenging, and studies exploring physician-patient communication focusing on emotional distress are lacking. Therefore, the aim was to explore physician-patient communication, with focus on cultural aspects of emotional distress in intercultural primary care consultations, using a grounded theory approach, considering both the physician's and the patient's perspective.

Methods

The study was set in Region Stockholm, Sweden. In total, 23 individual interviews and 3 focu

SUBMITTER: Rothlind E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8247242 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature