A Look Into the Amish Culture: What Should We Learn?

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-145

  Weyer, Sharon M ^a   Savrin, Carol ^a   Hustey, Victoria R ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amish culture; culturally sensitive health care; health care exploitation; human caring; nurse practitioner

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES; CASE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; LIFESTYLE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037902893     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659602250639     Document Type: Article

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