Refining the occupation of research across cultures

Social Indicators Research Series

Volumn 34, Issue , 2008, Pages 287-303

  Shordike, Anne ^a   Hocking, Clare ^b   Vittayakorn, Soisuda ^c   Bunrayong, Wannipa ^c   Rattakorn, Phuanjai ^c   Clair, Valerie Wright St ^b   Pierce, Doris ^a  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Elder women; Food centred occupation; International collaboration; Language issue; Methodological challenge; New Zealand; Northern Thailand; Occupational therapist; Rigour and relationship; United States; Use of technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350318276     PISSN: 13876570     EISSN: 22150099     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8567-3_18     Document Type: Chapter

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