Preventing and controlling cancer in North America
Subtitle: a cross-cultural perspective
By: edited by Diane Weiner.
Contributors: Weiner, Diane
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Cancer -- North America -- Prevention -- Cross-cultural studies.; Health behavior -- North America -- Cross-cultural studies.; Health behavior -- North America -- Cross-cultural studies.; Cancer -- North America -- Prevention -- Cross-cultural studies.
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-230) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt.1. Cancer beliefs and behaviors. Negotiating medical authority : contradictions in oncology practice / Martha Balshem; title: Patients, science, and alternative cancer therapies / David J. Hess; title: The metastasis of witchcraft : a case study of the interrelationship between traditional and biomedical models / Linda M. Hunt; title: African-American women and breast cancer : failures of biomedicine? / Rhonda J. Moore; title: American Indian cancer discourse and the prevention of illness / Diane Weiner; title: 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; title: "Pathways to health" : a school-based cancer prevention project for Southwestern Native American youth / Sally M. Davis and Leslie Cunningham-Sabo; title: Smoking cessation training and effectiveness among African Americans / Bruce Allen, Jr.; title: It works! Breast cancer programs for African-American women / Bettye Green and Ellen Werner; title: Implementing effective recruitment strategies for a cancer-prevention trial in older Hispanic women : a clinical trial model / Lovell A Jones ... et al.; title: Native American cancer survivors : agents for change / Judith Kaur; title: Breast cancer screening in Asian and Pacific Islander American women / Marjorie Kagawa-Singer and Annette E. Maxwell; title: pt.3. New strategies for cancer research. Developing culturally competent community-based interventions / Linda Burhansstipanov; title: Physical activity and cancer in Hispanic populations : is there a relationship? / Lisa K. Staten; title: Diet-cancer associations : insights offered by Native Americans / Nicolette I. Teufel.