Illness as a Problem of Meaning: Moving Culture from the Classroom to the Clinic

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 17-29

  McGrath, Barbara Burns ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Culture; Illness behavior; Nursing theory

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REVIEW; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING THEORY; SICK ROLE; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032239350     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-199812000-00003     Document Type: Article

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