Reassessing cultural evaluations in geriatrics: Insights from cultural psychiatry

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2191-2196

  Aggarwal, Neil Krishan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural competency; cultural formulation; ethnogeriatrics

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRICS; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78449268072     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03139.x     Document Type: Review

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