Reducing disparities in the burden of cancer: The role of patient navigators

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 0974-0976

  Fowler, Tisha ^a,b   Steakley, Caryn ^c,d   Garcia, A Roland ^c,e   Kwok, Jennifer ^c,d   Bennett, L Michelle ^c,d  

^a National Cancer Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Center for Cancer Research   (United States)

^e Disparities Research Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; LEGAL ASPECT; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEOPLASM; PATIENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT RIGHTS; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746387456     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030193     Document Type: Short Survey

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