Cancer fatalism and its demographic correlates among African American and Hispanic women: Effects on adherence to cancer screening

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 47-60

  Dettenborn, Lucia ^a,c   DuHamel, Katherine ^a   Butts, Gary ^b,c   Thompson, Hayley ^a   Jandorf, Lina ^a  

^a Derald H Ruttenberg Cancer Center   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence to cancer screening; Barriers; Cancer fatalism; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCREENING TEST; SELF EXAMINATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 28844502042     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077v22n04_03     Document Type: Article

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