Korean Americans in dementia caregiving research: Inclusive strategies to barriers in recruitment

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 335-352

  Kwon, Yookyung ^a   Kim, Eun Joo ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Daejeon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Dementia; Ethnic minority

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958119370     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2011.572535     Document Type: Review

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