The Racial and Gendered Experiences of Immigrant Nurses from Kerala, India

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-33

  Dicicco Bloom, Barbara ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; Kerala; nurses; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; EMPLOYEE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; NURSE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; WORK;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PENNSYLVANIA; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ALIENATION; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 1442335218     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659603260029     Document Type: Article

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