Willingness of older korean-american adults to use hospice

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 352-356

  Jang, Yuri ^a   Chiriboga, David A ^a   Allen, Jessica Y ^b   Kwak, Jung ^c   Haley, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospice; Older Korean American adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 75749158552     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02684.x     Document Type: Article

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