African American women: Surviving breast cancer mortality against the highest odds

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  White Means, Shelley ^a   Rice, Muriel ^b   Dapremont, Jill ^c   Davis, Barbara ^c   Martin, Judy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Mustard Seed Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d Memphis Shelby County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Breast cancer; Focus group; Health disparities; Patient provider communication; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER; MORTALITY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SURVIVORSHIP; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; FRIEND; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NOCICEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; TENNESSEE;

MEMPHIS; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVIVORS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 84951861177     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13010006     Document Type: Article

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