Better colon cancer care for extremely poor Canadian women compared with American women

Health and Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 240-248

  Gorey, Kevin M ^a   Luginaah, Isaac N ^b   Bartfay, Emma ^c   Zou, Guangyong ^d   Haji Jama, Sundus ^a   Holowaty, Eric J ^e   Hamm, Caroline ^b   Kanjeekal, Sindu M ^f   Wright, Frances C ^g   Balagurusamy, Madhan K ^a   Richter, Nancy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^d ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f Centre Regional De Cancerologie De Windsor   (Canada)

^g SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

colon cancer; health care reform; health insurance; poverty; single payer system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890537186     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/hlt022     Document Type: Article

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