Health care needs of foreign-born Asian Americans: An overview

Health and Social Work

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-73

  Dhooper, Surjit Singh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Cultural barriers; Health care; Intervention; Service barriers

Indexed keywords

ASIAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ENTEROPATHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCOME; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ETHNOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS;

ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037313612     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/28.1.63     Document Type: Review

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