Gender and ethnic differences in cancer patients' needs for help: An Internet survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1192-1204

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Chee, Wonshik ^b   Guevara, Enrique ^a   Lim, Hyun Ju ^a   Liu, Yi ^a   Shin, Hyunjeong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Ethnicity; Gender; Needs

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; NEOPLASM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEN; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 45849112946     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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