Recruiting Chinese Americans for dementia caregiver intervention research: Suggestions for success

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 676-683

  Gallagher Thompson, Dolores ^a,b   Rabinowitz, Yaron ^a,b,c,d   Tang, Paulette C Y ^a   Tse, Collins ^a   Kwo, Elizabeth ^a   Hsu, Shannon ^a   Wang, Peng Chih ^a,c   Leung, Laurie ^a,b   Tong, Hui Qi ^a,c   Thompson, Larry W ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese American caregivers; Community outreach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 33746921666     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000221234.65585.f9     Document Type: Article

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