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 | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2016 |
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