Advancing social workers' responsiveness to health disparities: The case of breast cancer screening

Health and Social Work

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-232

  Altpeter, Mary ^a   Mitchell, James ^b   Pennell, Joan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Cultural responsiveness; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944552461     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/30.3.221     Document Type: Article

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