The Illness, Stigma, Culture, or Immigration? Burdens on Chinese American Caregivers of Patients with Schizophrenia

Families in Society

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 547-557

  Kung, Winnie W ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346390618     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.140     Document Type: Article

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