Pain in underserved community-dwelling Chinese American cancer patients: Demographic and medical correlates

Oncologist

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 523-533

  Dhingra, Lara ^a   Lam, Kin ^b   Homel, Peter ^c   Chen, Jack ^d   Chang, Victor T ^e   Zhou, Juanyi ^b   Chan, Selina ^b   Lam, Wan Ling ^b   Portenoy, Russell ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care   (United States)

^d Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care ^*  (United States)

^e RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Cancer pain; Chinese american; Disparities; Ethnic Chinese; Underserved

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; COMMUNITY LIVING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; METASTASIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 79955686822     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2010-0330     Document Type: Article

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