Quality of life and understanding of disease status among cancer patients of different ethnic origin

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 641-647

  Tchen, N ^a,d   Bedard, P ^a   Yi, Q L ^a   Klein, M ^a   Cella, D ^b   Eremenco, S ^b   Tannock, I F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT BERGONIÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ethnic origin; Language of consultation; Primary language; Quality of life; Understanding of disease status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0041733658     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601159     Document Type: Article

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