Death and dying in four Asian American Cultures: A descriptive study

Death Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-359

  Braun, Kathryn L ^a   Nichols, Rhea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; BEREAVEMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; DYING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; MOURNING; RELIGION;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; HAWAII; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; RELIGION; SUICIDE; THANATOLOGY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0030756088     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/074811897201877     Document Type: Article

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