When Family Means More (or Less) Than Genetics: The Intersection of Culture, Family, and Genomics

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 270-277

  Burns McGrath, Barbara ^a   Edwards, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes; family history; genetics; Japanese American; Pacific Islander; Samoan

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAMOA; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SAMOA; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; WASHINGTON;

EID: 67650494446     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659609334931     Document Type: Article

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