Mexican immigrant mothers' expectations for children's health services

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 670-690

  Clark, Lauren ^a   Redman, Richard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural beliefs; Health care access; Latino; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COLORADO; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOTHERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 34548527641     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945906297375     Document Type: Article

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