Race/ethnicity-based concerns over understanding cancer diagnosis and treatment plan

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 184-189

  Jean Pierre, Pascal ^a,b   Fiscella, Kevin ^b   Griggs, Jennifer ^c   Joseph, Jean V ^b   Morrow, Gary ^b   Carroll, Jennifer ^b   Hendren, Samantha ^b   Purnell, Jason ^b   Figueroa Moseley, Colmar ^b   Kuebler, Philip ^d   Banerjee, Tarit K ^e   Kirshner, Jeffrey J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Columbus CCOP ^*  (United States)

^e Marshfield CCOP   (United States)

^f Hematology/Oncology Associates of Central New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diagnosis; Health care; Health disparities; Race ethnicity; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 77950603489     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30524-1     Document Type: Article

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