Health-Seeking Behaviors of Elderly Chinese Americans: Shifts in Expectations

Gerontologist

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 864-874

  Pang, Elaine C ^a,b   Jordan Marsh, Maryalice ^b   Silverstein, Merril ^c   Cody, Michael ^b  

^a Univ of S CA Sch of Social Wk   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese medicine; Cultural values; Family; Filial piety; Health resources; Immigrants; Social networks

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINESE MEDICINE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 0347359291     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/43.6.864     Document Type: Article

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