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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456344803321

Titolo

The unequal burden of cancer [[electronic resource] ] : an assessment of NIH research and programs for ethnic minorities and the medically underserved / / M. Alfred Haynes and Brian D. Smedley, editors ; Committee on Cancer Research among Minorities and the Medically Underserved, Health Sciences Policy Program, Health Sciences Section, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999

ISBN

0-309-51417-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HaynesM. Alfred

SmedleyBrian D

Disciplina

362.1/96994/008900973

Soggetti

Cancer - Research - Government policy - United States

Minorities - Diseases - Research - Government policy - United States

Poor - Diseases - Research - Government policy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-273) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 The Struggle Against Cancer""; ""2 The Burden of Cancer Among Ethnic Minorities and Medically Underserved Populations""; ""3 Overview of Programs of Research on Ethnic Minority and Medically Underserved Populations at the National Institutes of Health""; ""4 Evaluation of Priority Setting and Programs of Research on Ethnic Minority and Medically Underserved Populations at the National Institutes of Health""; ""5 Advancing State-of-the-Art Treatment and Prevention""; ""6 Cancer Survivorship""

""7 Monitoring and Reporting""""References""; ""A Methodology""; ""B A New Agenda for Cancer Control Research: Report of the Cancer Control Review Group""; ""C National Cancer Institute Health Promotion Branch Publications and Public Service Announcements""; ""D Survey of Ethnic Minority Researchers and of Researchers Interested in Cancer Among Ethnic Minority and Medically Underserved Groups""; ""E National



Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute Background Material""

""F Information Provided by the National Center for Health Statistics on the Potential Reductions in Mortality from Cancer, by Ethnic Group""""Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""Index""