Barriers to diagnostic resolution after abnormal mammography: A review of the literature

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Wujcik, Debra ^a,c   Fair, Alecia Malin ^b  

^a VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Breast cancer; Delay; Low income women; Mammography; Minority women; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRIER CONTRACEPTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY DELAY; BREAST TUMOR; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MASS SCREENING; MINORITY HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MINORITY HEALTH; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149331865     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000305764.96732.45     Document Type: Article

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