Double-bind: The experience of aging and being an ethnic minority in the U.S. among Chinese and Korean American elders

Hallym International Journal of Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-137

  Zhan, Heying Jenny ^a   King, Sharon V ^a   Kim, Jung H A ^a   Zhang, Gehui ^a   Whittington, Frank J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese and Korean elders; Cultural adaptation; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; AUTHORITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; SOCIAL WORK; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746554840     PISSN: 15356523     EISSN: 15414485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/7K8N-MFEM-8NGC-KFW2     Document Type: Article

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