Cross-cultural comparison of health perceptions, concerns, and coping strategies among Asian and Pacific Islander American elders

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 471-489

  Torsch, Vicki L ^a,b   Ma, Grace Xueqin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; GUAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; GUAM; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034220052     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973200129118589     Document Type: Review

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