title: Meaning of filial piety in the Chinese parent-child relationship: implications for culturally competent health care.
abstract: To work with Chinese/Chinese-American clients more effectively, health care providers must know how to work with them within their value system of filial piety. This paper focuses on Chinese parent-child relationships with respect to this value system from the perspective of young adult Chinese immigrants in the United States. Using an ethnographic approach, in-depth interviews were conducted with six immigrants from Taiwan. Domain analysis and content analysis revealed ten domains, five of which are reported in this paper. The findings suggest that filial piety continues to operate in Chinese immigrant families. Implications for cross-cultural health care and research are addressed.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7263, USA. jennyt@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States