The role of culture in designing environments for people with dementia: A study of Russian Jewish immigrants

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 361-399

  Day, Kristen ^a   Cohen, Uriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DESIGN; HEALTH CARE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION;

EID: 0034082230     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00139160021972577     Document Type: Article

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