The common thread: Health care activities of Vietnamese and Anglo-Australian women

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-302

  Maltby, Hendrika ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VIET NAM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIETNAM; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033122039     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993399245773     Document Type: Article

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