Medical advocacy among African-American women diagnosed with breast cancer: from recipient to resource

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3077-3084

  Molina, Yamile ^a,b   Scherman, Ashley ^b,c   Constant, Tara Hayes ^b,c   Hempstead, Bridgette ^d   Thompson Dodd, Jacci ^e   Richardson, Shayla ^d   Weatherby, Shauna Rae ^f   Reding, Kerryn W ^b,c   Ceballos, Rachel M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Cierra Sisters   (United States)

^e WeSpeakLoudly   (United States)

^f Multicare Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Breast cancer disparities; Cancer survivor; Medical advocacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ADVOCACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WASHINGTON; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84971219405     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-016-3123-4     Document Type: Article

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