When east meets west: Intensive care unit experiences among first-generation Chinese American parents

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-275

  Lee, Shih Yu ^a   Weiss, Sandra J ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Chinese American; ICU; Parental experiences; Yin Yang

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAN FRANCISCO; SELF EFFICACY; SHAME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 69549135358     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2009.01290.x     Document Type: Article

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