African American men, prostate cancer screening and informed decision making

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 618-625

  Sellers, Denethia B ^a   Ross, Louie E ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African American men; Informed decision making; Prostate cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0041693820     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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