Forty years fast forward: Vietnamese refugees in the United States with comments on their cancer care

Phuong L. Nguyen; Aminah Jatoi

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22912-6_27

Forty years fast forward: Vietnamese refugees in the United States with comments on their cancer care

Phuong L. Nguyen, Aminah Jatoi

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Abstract

The arrival of war refugees from Vietnam into the United States took place in stages and were prompted to leave in large part because of the war in Vietnam. [Karnow, New York: Penguin, 1977]. Today, Vietnamese Americans comprise 2 million people. This chapter describes some of the circumstances related to their arrival in the United States, and preliminary data on their perceptions of medical care as relevant to cancer care.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Cancer Care in Countries and Societies in Transition: Individualized Care in Focus
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	417-425
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319229126
ISBN (Print)	9783319229119
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22912-6_27
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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Keywords

Boat people
Community partner
Cultural sensitivity
Language translation
North Vietnam
Refugee
South Vietnam
United States
Vietnam War
Vietnamese

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine(all)

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Nguyen, P. L., & Jatoi, A. (2016). Forty years fast forward: Vietnamese refugees in the United States with comments on their cancer care. In Cancer Care in Countries and Societies in Transition: Individualized Care in Focus (pp. 417-425). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22912-6_27

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