Ethnicity and the dementias

by Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores Yeo, Gwen

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A practical approach for professionals working with people suffering from dementias, this book focuses on dementias, including Alzheimer's disease, from a multi-cultural perspective.

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Title Statements

Full title :Ethnicity and the dementias / edited by Gwen Yeo and Dolores Gallagher-Thompson.

Summary

A practical approach for professionals working with people suffering from dementias, this book focuses on dementias, including Alzheimer's disease, from a multi-cultural perspective.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1996

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Taylor & Francis
Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1996

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxi, 261 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781317822585, 1317822587
oclc:ocn876592637
LC Classification:RC521
Dewey Decimal:616.8/3

Background / Gwen Yeo -- An overview of dementia and ethnicity with special emphasis on the epidemiology of dementia / Eric B. Larson and Yukimichi Imai -- Variations in dementia characteristics by ethnic category / Gwen Yeo, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, and Morton Lieberman -- The process and development of valid and reliable neuropsychological assessment measures for English- and Spanish-speaking elderly persons / Dan Mungas -- Issues in neuropsychological assessment for Hispanic older adults : cultural and linguistic factors / I. Maribel Taussig and Marcel Pontón -- Issues in assessng dementia in African American elders / F.M. Baker -- Cross-cultural testing and the cognitive abilities screening instrument / Evelyn Lee Teng -- Working with Chinese fmilies in the context of dementia / Kathryn Sabrena Elliott [and others] -- Techniques for working with Japanese American families / Phyllis M. Tempo and Ann Saito -- Filipino American families and caregiving / Melen R. McBride and Heide Parreno -- Service delivery issues and recommendations for working with Mexican American family caregivers / Dolores Gallagher-Thompson [and others] -- Cultural dynamics of dementia in a Cuban and Pue…

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Aufsatzsammlung Cross-Cultural Comparison Cross-cultural studies Cultural psychiatry Démence -- Études transculturelles. -- … Dementia Dementia -- Cross-cultural studies. -- … Dementie Ethnomedizin Ethnopsychiatrie ethnopsychology Etnische minderheden Études transculturelles HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine MEDICAL -- Diseases MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine Minorities -- Mental health Minorities -- Mental health -- United S…