Shared conceptualizations and divergent experiences of counseling among African American and White older adults

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1065-1074

  Joo, Jin Hui ^a   Wittink, Marsha ^b   Dahlberg, Britt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; depression; health care disparities; older people; qualitative; research

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BALTIMORE; COUNSELING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 79960512561     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311404247     Document Type: Article

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