Commentary: On the wisdom and challenges of culturally attuned treatments for latinos

Family Process

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 292-309

  Falicov, Celia Jaes ^a,b  

^a University of California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicultural; Cultural Adaptation; Cultural Attunement; Cultural Integration; Mechanisms of Change

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649152634     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2009.01282.x     Document Type: Article

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