The Culture of Health
Subtitle: Asian Communities in the United States
Publisher: Bergin & Garvey
Published: November 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780897896252
Subjects: Health systems & services; Sociology, Social Studies; Social aspects; Health and hygiene; Community Health; Sociology Of Medicine; Health & Fitness; Medical / Nursing; Public Health; Health/Fitness; USA; Anthropology - Cultural; Health Care Delivery; Medical / Public Health; Health Care Issues; Asian Americans; Chinese Americans; Medical care
First sentence: One important trend in U.S. health care today is the shift from inpatient to outpatient care and from a focus on medical care to one on preventive health care.