Cancer
Scientists at University of California target cancer
Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 13th, 2007
", The literature documents significant claims of experienced prejudice in healthcare delivery in relationship to ethnicity, race, female gender, and homosex ual orientation. Studies link perceived prejudice with negative healthcare outcomes, particularly in hypertension, heart disease, depression, and human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome. To examine the impact of perceived prejudice in healthcare delivery on women's early cancer detection behavior and women's decisions to seek care for illness symptoms," scientists in the United States report.
"Community women stratified by age, income, education, and race or ethnicity were surveyed...
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