Patient navigation: A community based strategy to reduce cancer disparities

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-141

  Freeman, Harold P ^a  

^a Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; COLON CANCER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASM; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POVERTY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POVERTY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33746742347     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9030-0     Document Type: Editorial

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