Haitian Americans: Implications for nursing care

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 249-260

  Holcomb, Lygia O ^a   Parsons, Lynn C ^b   Giger, Joyce Newman ^a   Davidhizar, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bethel College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAITI; HUMAN; NURSING; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029824541     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327655jchn1304_4     Document Type: Review

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