What hinders minority ethnic access to cancer genetics services and what may help

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 866-874

  Allford, Anna ^a   Qureshi, Nadeem ^b   Barwell, Julian ^c   Lewis, Celine ^a   Kai, Joe ^b  

^a GENETIC ALLIANCE UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Cancer genetics; Familial cancer; Minority ethnic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA BASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SOCIAL STIGMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NEOPLASM; PATIENT EDUCATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENETIC SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 84902328660     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.257     Document Type: Article

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