Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Cross-Cultural Health Care for Older Adults

Chapter 2: Older American Indians and Alaska Natives

Case Study 1:  Getting to Know You
Case Study 2:  Talking About Dying Without Talking about Death

Chapter 3: Older Hispanic Americans

Case Study I:  The Interplay of Faith and Healing
Case Study 2:  Permiso and Respeto

Chapter 4: Older African Americans

Case Study 1:  There's No Place Like Home
Case Study 2:  A Royal Pain in the Neck

Chapter 5: Older Vietnamese Americans

Case Study 1:  Solving the Headache Puzzle
Case Study 2:  One Little Vietnamese Lady in a Big American Nursing Home

Chapter 6: Older Asian Indian Americans 

Case Study 1:  Medication Adherence and the Ayurvedic Herb
Case Study 2:  Please Do Not Tell Her

Chapter 7: Older Japanese Americans

Case Study 1:  Filial Piety
Case Study 2:  End of Life--Beginning of a Trip

Chapter 8: Older Chinese Americans

Case Study 1:  Listen to Me; I Am the Patient
Case Study 2:  The Grateful Patient with Lotus Cakes

Index

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