Wrapping and unwrapping emotions: Clinical practice with east Asian immigrant elders

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 312-319

  Shibusawa, Tazuko ^a   Chung, Irene W ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Cultural empathy; East Asian; Emotions; Older immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956347490     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-009-0228-y     Document Type: Article

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