Older Chinese' attitudes toward aging and the relationship to mental health: An international comparison

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-259

  Lai, Daniel W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude toward aging; Canada; China; Chinese; Hong Kong; Mental health; Social determinants of mental health; Taiwan; USA

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHINA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67449091978     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380802591957     Document Type: Article

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