Ethnic experience of cancer: A qualitative study of chinese-australians in Brisbane, Queensland

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-37

  Lui, Chi Wai ^a   Ip, David ^a,b   Chui, Wing Hong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attitudes to cancer; Chinese Australians; Service delivery; Social stigma; Support systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUEENSLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 61449104728     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380802440403     Document Type: Article

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