Ukrainian war trauma patients abroad: the rehabilitation process in light of language barriers, cultural differences, war, and infection isolation
Despite challenges within the 5 areas assessed, providing rehabilitation to patients evacuated from a country at war is feasible and valuable for patients and health professionals. Both patients and health professionals showed willingness to adapt to foreign concepts, perhaps aided by multilingual health professionals acting as cultural mediators.
Authors
- Anders Holtan
- Frank Becker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0857-0628)
- Mariia Toropchyna
- Maria Ryssdal Kraby
Institutions
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- Sunnaas sykehus (NO)
- Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University (UA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2340/jrm.v57.42929
- Primary Topic
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universitetet i Oslo