Vietnamese Elderly and Generational Issues
Compiled by Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD
Growing old: Perspectives on retirement issues among adult Vietnamese Americans
by Nguyen, Hien T., M.S.W. Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2006
The effects of culture on the use of advance directives among Vietnamese-American
elders by Dang, Lucy , MSW Thesis, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG
BEACH, 2005, 63 pages
The life satisfaction of elderly Vietnamese immigrants in the United States
by Tran, Gai, MSW
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH, 2005, 60 pages
Nguyen, D
A demographic profile of Vietnamese elders
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