Severe lack of comprehension of common prostate health terms among low-income inner-city men

Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 3204-3211

  Wang, Daniel S ^a   Jani, Ashesh B ^a   Tai, Caroline G ^a   Sesay, Musu ^a   Lee, Daniel K ^a   Goodman, Michael ^b   Echt, Katharina V ^a   Kilbridge, Kerry E ^c   Master, Viraj A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; health literacy; informed consent; patient education; prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPENSATION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

DECISION-MAKING; HEALTH LITERACY; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSTATE CANCER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; URBAN POPULATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84882695694     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28186     Document Type: Article

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