Assessing the Role of Culture in Korean Goose Mothers’ Lives

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 86-93

  Cha, Chiyoung ^a   Kim, Eunjung ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural groups; health assessment; Korean; women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MIGRATION; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MOTHERS; PARENTING;

EID: 84871201365     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659612452002     Document Type: Article

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