Cancer fatalism among African-Americans: A review of the literature

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-21

  Powe, Barbara D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029687764     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-6554(96)80020-0     Document Type: Article

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