Psychocultural influences on health care acceptability among elderly U.S. Pacific Islanders

Journal of Health and Social Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-75

  Stoil, Michael J ^a   Murphy, Susmita ^b   Kuramoto, Ford H ^b  

^a TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Donnelly Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Ethnicity; Guam; Hawaii; Health care; Pacific Islander; Samoa

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAID; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAMOAN ISLANDS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CULTURE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

CALIFORNIA; GUAM; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SAMOA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845790086     PISSN: 08977186     EISSN: 15404064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J045v22n01_05     Document Type: Article

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