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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Diane Weiner |
| ISBN: | 027596180X 9780275961800 |
| OCLC Number: | 40698709 |
| Description: | xvii, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Pt.1. Cancer beliefs and behaviors. Negotiating medical authority : contradictions in oncology practice / Martha Balshem -- Patients, science, and alternative cancer therapies / David J. Hess -- The metastasis of witchcraft : a case study of the interrelationship between traditional and biomedical models / Linda M. Hunt -- African-American women and breast cancer : failures of biomedicine? / Rhonda J. Moore -- American Indian cancer discourse and the prevention of illness / Diane Weiner -- pt.2. Interventions in review. Knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of Alaska Native women regarding cervical and breast cancer / Anne P. Lanier and Janet J. Kelly -- "Pathways to health" : a school-based cancer prevention project for Southwestern Native American youth / Sally M. Davis and Leslie Cunningham-Sabo -- Smoking cessation training and effectiveness among African Americans / Bruce Allen, Jr. -- It works! Breast cancer programs for African-American women / Bettye Green and Ellen Werner -- Implementing effective recruitment strategies for a cancer-prevention trial in older Hispanic women : a clinical trial model / Lovell A. Jones ... [et al.] -- Native American cancer survivors : agents for change / Judith Kaur -- Breast cancer screening in Asian and Pacific Islander American women / Marjorie Kagawa-Singer and Annette E. Maxwell -- pt.3. New strategies for cancer research. Developing culturally competent community-based interventions / Linda Burhansstipanov -- Physical activity and cancer in Hispanic populations : is there a relationship? / Lisa K. Staten -- Diet-cancer associations : insights offered by Native Americans / Nicolette I. Teufel. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Diane Weiner. |
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