Folk concepts of mental disorders among Chinese-Australian patients and their caregivers

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-67

  Hsiao, Fei Hsiu ^a   Klimidis, Steven ^b   Minas, Harry I ^b   Tan, Eng S ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese Australians; Cultural transmission; Empirical research report; Interviews; Mental health; Mental illness; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33744940049     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03886.x     Document Type: Article

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