Voices of immigrant South Asian women: Expressions of health concerns

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 392-403

  Bottorff, Joan L ^e   Johnson, Joy L ^e   Venables, Lisa J ^e   Grewal, Sukhdev ^a   Popatia, Neleena ^b   Hilton, B Ann ^e   Clarke, Heather ^c   Sumel, Pauline ^d   Bilkhu, Sonia ^e   Sandhu, Gurpal ^e  

^a Vancouver/Richmond Health Board   (Canada)

^b Peace Arch Hospital   (Canada)

^c Principal Health and Nursing Policy   (United States)

^d Langara College   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035512613     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0742     Document Type: Article

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