Negotiating candidacy: Ethnic minority seniors' access to care

Ageing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 585-608

  Koehn, Sharon ^a  

^a Centre for Healthy Aging at Providence   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to services; British Columbia; Candidacy model; Continuing care; Immigrants; Seniors

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; SERVICE PROVISION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 67749114276     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X08007952     Document Type: Article

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