Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy

ISBN-13: 9781138619012 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 258 str.

John A. Capitman

Opis

Originally published in 2005 this book offers a comprehensive review of the racial/ethnic disparities in cancer among elders, including the opportunities for cancer prevention within the Medicare population.

Spis treści

Contents: Racial/ethnic cancer disparities: a Medicare policy challenge; Racial/ethnic cancer disparities: conceptual frameworks; Cancer risk factors and racial/ethnic disparities; Race/ethnicity and primary prevention of cancers in elders; Racial/ethnic disparities in breast cancer; Race/ethnicity and cervical cancer; Racial/ethnic disparities in colorectal, lung and prostate cancer; Emerging interventions to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in cancer; Opportunities for reducing cancer disparities: new directions for Medicare; Index.

O autorze

John A. Capitman