A Profile of Asian/Pacific Islander Elderly in Home Health Care

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 171-186

  Lee, Ji Seon ^a,b,c   Peng, Timothy R ^d  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ravazzin Center for Social Work Research in Aging   (United States)

^c NIMH Center for Hispanic Mental Health Research   (United States)

^d VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Pacific Islanders; Elderly; Home health care; Service use

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013123796     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v36n01_10     Document Type: Article

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