Social factors affecting treatment of cervical cancer: Ethical issues and policy implications

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 747-751

  Westin, Shannon N ^b   Bustillos, Dan ^b   Gano, Jacalyn B ^b   Fields, Margaret M ^b   Coker, Ann L ^b   Sun, Charlotte C ^b   Ramondetta, Lois M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BACKACHE; BLADDER METASTASIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FEVER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPOTENSION; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINE FISTULA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RED CROSS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA BLEEDING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAID; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAID; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 42449143917     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318165f1a9     Document Type: Note

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