The importance of disclosure: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, queer/questioning, and intersex individuals and the cancer continuum

Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1160-1163

  Quinn, Gwendolyn P ^a,b   Schabath, Matthew B ^a,b   Sanchez, Julian A ^a,b   Sutton, Steven K ^a,b   Green, B Lee ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LGBT PEOPLE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTOR; TRANSGENDER;

BISEXUALITY; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS;

EID: 84926977456     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29203     Document Type: Review

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