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Hard choices: the use of western vs Chinese traditional medicine by the Chinese homebound elderly, New York City — a community health survey
Author(s)	Vivian Ka
Journal title	The Journal of Long Term Home Health Care : the PRIDE Institute Journal, vol 17, no 2, Spring 1998
Pages	pp 2-10
Keywords	Chinese people ; Housebound ; Medical care ; Alternative medicine ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	The findings are described of a survey on Chinese housebound older people in the Living-At-Home programme in New York city during the summer of 1997. The scheme provides social services, nursing, and home-based medical care to its patients. The survey was carried out because of the need to be culturally sensitive when providing health care to ethnic groups. A questionnaire to 19 Cantonese-speaking housebound patients aged 64-90 asked about their attitudes to and practices of Western and Chinese traditional forms of medicine. Although the scheme does not allow patients to use medications not prescribed by the hospital's doctor, 84% continued to use traditional treatments, which suggests the need for policy to be re-evaluated. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-981020227 A
Classmark	TKL: C6: LK: LK3: 3F: 7T
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