title: [Communication difficulties between health professionals and foreign women in obstetrical and gynecological departments].
abstract: Understanding difficulties discourage foreign patients to ask for health services. An epidemiological study has been carried out to evaluate language difficulties between them and health professionals. The article reports the results and discuss them. Results are important to be used to enhance and define different strategies to improve approaches and relations with foreign patients.
authors.affiliation: DDSI - Ufficio Formazione - Azienda ULSS 12 Veneziana, Mestre, France. mario.degan@inwind.it
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Degan
authors.forename: Donata
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Salviato
mesh_terms: D003144:Communication Barriers; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*