Resident physicians' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to colorectal cancer screening for African Americans

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-311

  Ward, Stephanie H ^a   Parameswaran, Lalitha ^a   Bass, Sarah B ^b   Paranjape, Anuradha ^a   Gordon, Thomas F ^b   Ruzek, Sheryl Burt ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cancer; Colon; Residency; Screening

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEAR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 77951840698     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30602-7     Document Type: Article

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