Impact of culture on use of Western health services by older South Asian Canadians

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-180

  Surood, Shireen ^a   Lai, Daniel W L ^b  

^a ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Elderly; Older adults; Service utilization; South Asian; Western health services

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RELIGION;

AGED; ALBERTA; ASIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 77954730552     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404367     Document Type: Article

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