Publications by authors named "Becky Yang Hsu"
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- - The study examines how cultural norms around emotional disclosure and support-seeking are crucial in the context of cancer diagnosis, particularly for breast cancer survivors.
- - Interviews with 37 foreign-born Chinese American and 23 European American survivors reveal notable differences in how they disclose their diagnosis and perceive social support.
- - Both groups engage in emotional and social support with loved ones, but the ways they express disclosure and seek help differ based on their cultural backgrounds.
Academic and political discussions about micro-finance have been found lacking in predictive power, because they are based on orthodox economic theory, which does not properly comprehend the social components of credit. I take a better approach, utilizing credit theory--specifically, Ingham's explication of how the nature of money as credit leads to social inequality. I also expound the perspective that morality is not separate from considerations borrowers make in micro-finance programmes on the micro level.
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