Making sense of illness: Late-in-life migration as point of departure for elderly Iranian immigrants' explanatory models of illness

Journal of Immigrant Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 153-164

  Emami, Azita ^a,b   Torres, Sandra ^c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^c MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Culture appropriateness; Elderly Iranian immigrants; Explanatory model of illness; Late in life migration; Secondary analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SWEDEN; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20044362423     PISSN: 10964045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-005-3672-y     Document Type: Article

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