Family care: An exploratory study of experience and expectations among older Chinese immigrants in Australia

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 31-38

  Lo, Meihan ^a   Russell, Cherry ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAINAN INSTITUTE OF NURSING   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Chinese culture; Filial piety; Migration; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547605906     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2007.25.1-2.31     Document Type: Article

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