Beyond familism: A case study of the ethics of care of a latina caregiver of an elderly parent with dementia

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1055-1072

  Flores, Yvette G ^a   Hinton, Ladson ^a   Barker, Judith C ^b   Franz, Carol E ^c   Velasquez, Alexandra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 70449564572     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330903141252     Document Type: Article

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