Brokerage in multicultural nursing.
Nurses in contact with clients from different cultures often encounter beliefs at appear inconsistent with conventional Western medicine, resulting in the need for the nurse to act as a broker--i.e. translating and processing messages, instructions and belief systems from one group to a another.
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Kamuzu College of Nursing, University of Malawi, Lilongwe.
D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017008:Negotiating; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D014175:Translating