Acculturation among immigrant nurses in Israel and the United States of America

International Nursing Review

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-448

  Ea, E ^a   Itzhaki, M ^b,c   Ehrenfeld, M ^c   Fitzpatrick, J ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Filipino Registered Nurses; Former Soviet Union Nurses; Immigrant Nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NURSE; PHILIPPINES; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; USSR;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PHILIPPINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 78149400974     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2010.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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