Utilizes data from the Current Population Survey to describe migration patterns and to compare the labor market adaptation experiences of women who migrated with their families and women who migrated independently. Also examines the systematic differences in migration patterns by country of origin,

Begins with a look at existing policy options concerning patient autonomy and the extent to which they have been effective, then addresses the courts and their activities regarding the right to die. Discussion of the conceptual framework for the study policy-making by default is followed by analysis

Examines ways to alleviate the burden placed upon adult children who care for aging parents but who still have children at home. The study shows that the situation is going to continue, complicated by related issues such as the right to die, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Topics addresse

This collection will present works that offer illuminating perspectives on the remarkably diverse Asian American populations of the United States. As a population that is neither black nor white, the range of experiences of these groups, many of whom arrived as refugees, presents other perspectives on the cultural mosaic that constitutes the United States. Studies of Asian Americans sheds light on issues related to immigration, refugee policy, transnationalism, return migration, cultural citizenship, ethnic communities, community building, identity and group formation, panethnicity, race...

This collection will present works that offer illuminating perspectives on the remarkably diverse Asian American populations of the United States. As a population that is neither black nor white, the range of experiences of these groups, many of whom arrived as refugees, presents other perspectives on the cultural mosaic that constitutes the United States. Studies of Asian Americans sheds light on issues related to immigration, refugee policy, transnationalism, return migration, cultural citizenship, ethnic communities, community building, identity and group formation, panethnicity, race...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Analyzes data from the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey, which represent a national probability sample of those at risk for entering a nursing home; previous studies have been limited to data from specific populations. Explicating the relationship between financing policy for nursing home ca

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.