Improving the Deaf community's access to prostate and testicular cancer information: A survey study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Folkins, Ann ^a,b   Sadler, Georgia Robins ^a,b,c   Ko, Celine ^b,c   Branz, Patricia ^b   Marsh, Shane ^d   Bovee, Michael ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Integrative Psychotherapy Services of San Diego Inc   (United States)

^e Bovee Productions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; TESTIS CARCINOMA; VIDEORECORDING; VOICE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEAF EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SIGN LANGUAGE; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EDUCATION OF HEARING DISABLED; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SIGN LANGUAGE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 23244463361     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-63     Document Type: Article

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