Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 189-201, June 2010

Understanding Complexity of Asian American Family Care Practices

  • Mijung Park

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Author: Mijung Park, RN, MSN, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822.
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  • Catherine (Kit) Chesla

Department of Nursing, University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene, Honolulu, HI

Department of Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA

published online 16 October 2009.

This article describes, from mental health providers' perspectives, strengths and challenges in Asian American (AA) family management of mental illness in a member. AA family strengths included loyal engagement in care and creating productive roles for patients. Challenges included transitions to professional care, intense family involvement, care that overlooked needs of non-family members, and revision of expectations for patients.

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PII: S0883-9417(09)00089-2

doi:10.1016/j.apnu.2009.06.005

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 189-201, June 2010

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