## Background: The goals of the current studies were: 1) to determine the pain treatment needs of socioeconomically disadvantaged african-american and hispanic patients with recurrent or metastatic cancer and 2) to assess the attitudes of health care professionals who treat them. ## Methods: In t
Minority and women cancer patients report worse pain
β Scribed by Carrie Printz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 908 KB
- Volume
- 115
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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