Residential preferences and eldercare views of Hispanic elders

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-107

  Johnson, Rebecca A ^a   Schwiebert, Valerie L ^b   Alvarado Rosenmann, Patricia ^c   Pecka, Glenda ^a   Shirk, Norman ^d  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Family Counseling Service   (United States)

^d Swedish American Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Eldercare views; Hispanic elders; Mexican Americans; Residential preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042841833     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006503202367     Document Type: Article

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