Changes in employment status and experience of discrimination among cancer patients: Findings from a nationwide survey in Korea

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1303-1312

  Park, Jae Hyun ^a   Park, Jong Hyock ^b   Kim, Sung Gyeong ^b   Lee, Kyung Sook ^b   Hahm, Myung Il ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cancer; discrimination; employment status; Korea; oncology; unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78649950708     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1694     Document Type: Article

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