Blending voices of mexican american cancer caregivers and healthcare providers to improve care

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 555-562

  Cagle, Carolyn Spence ^a   Wolff, Elizabeth ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77949327340     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.ONF.555-562     Document Type: Article

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