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Navigating the maze of modern American health care is rarely easy; those who enter it are confronted with a dizzying array of specialists, practitioners, and clinics from which to choose, and are forced to make decisions regarding drugs and treatments about which they may know very little. For immig...

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Autor principal: Guo, Zibin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Transcultural medical care.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Personnes âgees issues des minorites > Sante et hygiene > Aspect social > New York (État) > New York.
Personnes âgees issues des minorites > Soins medicaux > Aspect social > New York (État) > New York.
Americains d'origine chinoise > Soins medicaux > Aspect social > New York (État) > New York.
Services transculturels de sante > New York (État) > New York.
Transcultural medical care > New York (State) > New York.
Minority older people > Medical care > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York.
Minority older people > Health and hygiene > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York.
Chinese Americans > Medical care > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Elderly Chinese Immigrants in Flushing
  • 1. Setting the Stage
  • 2. Chinese Americans in the United States
  • A Population of Diversity
  • 3. The Research Site
  • 4. Fieldwork in Flushing
  • Part II. Health Care Concepts and Resources
  • 5. Aging, Migration, and Health
  • 6. Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • 7. Health Care in Modern China and Taiwan
  • 8. Health Care Resources in Flushing
  • Part III. Aging and Health among the Chinese Elderly
  • 9. Concepts of Aging
  • 10. Big and Small Problems
  • 11. Self-Care and Home Remedies
  • 12. Health Care Decisions
  • 13. Using the U.S. Health Care System
  • 14. Conclusion
  • References
  • Index

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