Critical shortage of African American medical oncologists in the United States

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 32, 2015, Pages 3697-3700

  Hamel, Lauren M ^a   Chapman, Robert ^b   Malloy, Mary ^c   Eggly, Susan ^a   Penner, Louis A ^a   Shields, Anthony F ^a   Simon, Michael S ^a   Klamerus, Justin F ^a   Schiffer, Charles ^a   Albrecht, Terrence L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Division of Hematology and Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; UNITED STATES; AMBULATORY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANPOWER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RACISM; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947461589     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2014.59.2493     Document Type: Note

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