Perceptions, expectations, and attitudes about communication with physicians among Chinese American and non-Hispanic white women with early stage breast cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3315-3325

  Wang, Judy Huei Yu ^a   Adams, Inez F ^b   Pasick, Rena J ^c   Gomez, Scarlett L ^d   Allen, Laura ^d   Ma, Grace X ^e   Lee, Michael X ^f   Huang, Ellen ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chinese Americans; Culture; Patient physician communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY CANCER; EMPATHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFORMATION SEEKING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84889101695     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1902-8     Document Type: Article

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