A culturally sensitive health care practice model - Theory construction and its testing

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 467-485

  Wu, Tina ^a  

^a MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Enabling variables; Health care use; Integrative medicine; Multivariate analysis; Predisposing variables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROCESS MODEL; THEORY; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4143132143     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X04002120     Document Type: Article

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