The Meaning of Family Caregiving in Japan and the United States: A Qualitative Comparative Study

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-73

  Wallhagen, Margaret I ^a   Yamamoto Mitani, Noriko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cross cultural comparison; family caregiving; Japan; qualitative inquiry; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30944438258     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659605281979     Document Type: Article

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