Overcoming Barriers to Cancer Care Through Health Navigation Programs

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 270-278

  Nguyen, Tu Uyen Ngoc ^a   Kagawa Singer, Marjorie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Cancer disparities; Community health navigation; Culturally tailored programs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NURSING;

CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 55449127408     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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