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- Title
Agencies Look to Patient Navigators To Reduce Cancer Care Disparities.
- Authors
Hede, Karyn
- Abstract
The article reports on the contributions of Ralph Lauren Cancer Center medical director Harold Freeman and Native American Cancer Research executive director Linda Burhansstipanov in reducing the disparities in cancer patient care. This article recounts the 40-year quest of Freeman to improve the outcomes for the poorest cancer patients and the 10-year patient navigator program called the Native Sisters led by Burhansstipanov.
- Subjects
CANCER patients; FREEMAN, Harold; BURHANSSTIPANOV, Linda; CANCER research; MEDICAL research; DISCRIMINATION in medical care
- Publication
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2006, Vol 98, Issue 3, p157
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/djj059