Conformity with nature: A theory of Chinese American elders' health promotion and illness prevention processes

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 17-26

  Chen, Yeou Lan Duh ^a  

^a WESTMINSTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Elders; Grounded theory; Health promotion; Illness prevention; Philosophy; Transcultural nursing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL SCIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURE; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; TAIWAN; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; UTAH;

EID: 0030331718     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-199612000-00004     Document Type: Article

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