Minority patients discouraged from cancer screening by negative messages
Thursday, November 6, 2008 - 09:56
in Psychology & Sociology
New behavioural science research published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, found that constantly emphasising the negative consequences of a lack of cancer screening among minorities can actually make them less likely to go for screening...
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