Health Care Needs of Foreign-Born Asian Americans: An Overview.

The writer examines the obstacles associated with the ability of foreign-born Asian-Americans to use health care services and the reasons behind the health care system's inability to respond to their needs. The health care system should put the needs of individuals within the context of their value...

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Published in:Health & Social Work Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 63 - 74
Main Author: Dhooper, Surjit Singh
Format: Article
Published: National Association of Social Workers February 2003
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      ab: The writer examines the obstacles associated with the ability of foreign-born Asian-Americans to use health care services and the reasons behind the health care system's inability to respond to their needs. The health care system should put the needs of individuals within the context of their values and the specific experiences of their ethnic group; needs to be educated in the dominant beliefs, religion, world perspective, life philosophy, and norms of behavior of Asian-Americans; and should make genuine efforts to understand and observe this ethnic group's rules of social interaction.
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