Cancer Fatalism: The State of the Science

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 454-467

  Powe, Barbara D ^a   Finnie, Ramona ^a  

^a BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Cancer fatalism; Cancer screening; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0346750829     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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