Working with Japanese American families

Ethnicity and the Dementias: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 231-244

  Hikoyeda, Nancy ^a   Mukoyama, Wesley K ^b   Liou, Lan Joun ^b   Masterson, Barbara ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Caregivers' Support Group Yu Ai Kai The Japanese American Community Senior Services   (United States)

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EID: 63849100656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203957271     Document Type: Chapter

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