Communication, decision making, and cancer: What African Americans want physicians to know

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1221-1226

  Williams, Sharon W ^a   Hanson, Laura C ^a   Boyd, Carlton ^b   Green, Melissa ^c   Goldmon, Moses ^b   Wright, Gratia ^d   Corbie Smith, Giselle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHAW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d First Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 56749098525     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2008.0057     Document Type: Article

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