ASIAN-PACIFIC ELDERS - IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS

Asian Pacific Islanders are a diverse group that include recent immigr ants as well as long-term residents. They may be isolated or unsettled in their relationships with their own families and unfamiliar with We stern medical care and thought. Medical care should take into consider ation unique features of their traditional health benefits, traditiona l medications, prevalence of medical problems, pharmacokinetics and ph armacodynamics, diet, health risks, and health promotion. Although the y cannot be homogenized into one tidy bundle, certain commonalities ap ply, and are addressed.