Unruly grandmothers, ghosts and ancestors: Chinese elders and the importance of culture in dementia evaluations

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 157-177

  Elliott, Kathryn S ^b   Di Minno, Mariann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese culture; Dementia evaluation; Ethnogerontology; Medical anthropology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33847298581     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-006-9030-2     Document Type: Article

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