Reexamining the relationships among dementia, stigma, and aging in immigrant Chinese and Vietnamese family caregivers

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-299

  Liu, Dandan ^a   Hinton, Ladson ^a,d   Tran, Cindy ^a   Hinton, Devon ^b   Barker, Judith C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Caregivers; Chinese; Dementia; Stigma; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAREGIVER; CHINA; DEMENTIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ASIAN AMERICANS; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM;

EID: 49349114693     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-008-9075-5     Document Type: Article

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