Perceptions of patient-provider communication in breast and cervical cancer-related care: A qualitative study of low-income English- and Spanish-speaking women

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 707-715

  Simon, Melissa A ^a   Ragas, Daiva M ^a   Nonzee, Narissa J ^a   Phisuthikul, Ava M ^a   Luu, Thanh Ha ^a,b   Dong, Xinqi ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer related care; Low income women; Patient provider communication; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; YOUNG ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHICAGO; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880043895     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-013-9668-y     Document Type: Article

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