Eliminating cancer-related disparities: how nurses can respond to the challenge

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 279-291

  Millon Underwood, Sandra ^a   Phillips, Janice ^a   Powe, Barbara D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; disparities; ethnic racial; nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55349143859     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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