Similarities and differences in attitudes toward long-term care between Japanese Americans and Caucasian Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1149-1155

  McCormick, Wayne C ^a,d   Ohata, Cynthia Y ^a   Uomoto, Jay ^c   Young, Heather M ^a   Graves, Amy B ^b   Kukull, Walter ^a   Teri, Linda ^a   Vitaliano, Peter ^a   Mortimer, James A ^b   McCurry, Susan M ^a   Bowen, James D ^a   Larson, Eric B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian older people; Ethnicity; Home care; Long term care; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP FRACTURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMENTIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0036084939     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50275.x     Document Type: Article

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