Search for dissertations about: "cross-cultural elderly care"

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2. 1. 'We are deaf, though we hear; we are dumb, though we talk; we are blind, though we see' : understanding Iranian late-in-life immigrants' perceptions and experiences of health, illness and culturally appropriate care

   Author : Azita Emami; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : elderly immigrants; ethnogerontology; cross-cultural elderly care; health perception; illness perception; culturally appropriate elderly care;

   Abstract : Despite the fact that elderly immigrants constitute nearly nine percent of the total population over 65-years of age, they have remained conspicuous by their absence in reports that underlie national welfare- and health care decision making in Sweden. The aim of this thesis was to deepen the understanding of Iranian late-in-life immigrants' experiences and perceptions of health, illness and culturally appropriate care. READ MORE