Puerto Rican elders and botanical shops: A community resource or liability?

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-81

  Delgado, Melvin ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER;

AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PHARMACIES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030035279     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v23n01_05     Document Type: Article

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