Family caregiver's perception of Alzheimer's disease and caregiving in Chinese culture

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 185-196

  Dai, Baozhen ^a   Mao, Zongfu ^b   Wu, Bei ^c   Mei, Y John ^d   Levkoff, Sue ^e   Wang, Huali ^f  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cognitive impairment; culture; dementia; elderly; family caregiver

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CULTURE; FAMILY STRUCTURE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; SIBLING; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; HUBEI; WUHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84923574997     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2014.969858     Document Type: Article

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