Health and illness concepts for cultural competence with Japanese clients.
Large numbers of Japanese nationals influx the United States annually. To enable health professionals to better serve this population, selected health and illness concepts are discussed. These include selfcare and risk behaviors, beliefs and practices related to illness and death, and attitudes toward health professionals. Implications for practice are identified.
Sharts-Hopko
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College of Nursing, Villanova University, Pennsylvania 19085, USA. NSHARTS@EMAIL.VILL.EDU
D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D014481:United States