Self-rated health appraisal as cultural and identity process: African American elders' health and evaluative rationales

Gerontologist

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-438

  McMullen, Carmit K ^a   Luborsky, Mark R ^b  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Identity; Qualitative methods; Self appraisal; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

EID: 33748649053     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/46.4.431     Document Type: Article

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