Cultural proficiency: A Hispanic woman with ADHD-a case example

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 424-432

  Waite, Roberta ^a   Ramsay, J Russell ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Culture; Diversity; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 72149095467     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054709332393     Document Type: Article

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