Traditional expectations versus US realities: First- and second-generation Asian Indian perspectives on end-of-life care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-317

  Sharma, Rashmi K ^a   Khosla, Nidhi ^b   Tulsky, James A ^c   Carrese, Joseph A ^d,e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Cultural differences; End of life care; Immigrant health; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ASIA, WESTERN; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861113741     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1890-7     Document Type: Article

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