Communicating in a multicultural society II: Greek community attitudes towards cancer in Australia

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 289-296

  Goldstein, D ^a   Thewes, B ^a   Butow, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Communication; Cross cultural; Greek Australians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; TRANSLATING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0036378191     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2002.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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