Social Justice, Health Disparities, and Culture in the Care of the Elderly

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-32

  Dilworth Anderson, Peggye ^a   Pierre, Geraldine ^b   Hilliard, Tandrea S ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84859209105     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2012.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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