Experiences and Perceptions of Medical Discrimination Among a Multiethnic Sample of Breast Cancer Patients in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, California

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ID8098737
AuthorsThu Quach (0000-0001-8155-4336, At the time of the study, Thu Quach, Pagan Morris, Laura Allen, Sarah J. Shema, June K. Winters, Gem M. Le and Scarlett L. Gomez were with the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont. Amani Nuru-Jeter is with the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley., corresponding author), Amani Nuru-Jeter (At the time of the study, Thu Quach, Pagan Morris, Laura Allen, Sarah J. Shema, June K. Winters, Gem M. Le and Scarlett L. Gomez were with the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont. Amani Nuru-Jeter is with the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley.), Amani Nuru‐jeter, Pagan Morris (At the time of the study, Thu Quach, Pagan Morris, Laura Allen, Sarah J. Shema, June K. Winters, Gem M. Le and Scarlett L. Gomez were with the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont. Amani Nuru-Jeter is with the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley.), Laura Allen (0000-0002-2033-7298, At the time of the study, Thu Quach, Pagan Morris, Laura Allen, Sarah J. Shema, June K. Winters, Gem M. Le and Scarlett L. Gomez were with the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont. Amani Nuru-Jeter is with the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley.), Sarah J Shema (At the time of the study, Thu Quach, Pagan Morris, Laura Allen, Sarah J. Shema, June K. Winters, Gem M. Le and Scarlett L. Gomez were with the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont. Amani Nuru-Jeter is with the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley.), June K Winters (At the time of the study, Thu Quach, Pagan Morris, Laura Allen, Sarah J. Shema, June K. Winters, Gem M. Le and Scarlett L. Gomez were with the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont. Amani Nuru-Jeter is with the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley.), Gem M Le (0000-0001-6071-3385, At the time of the study, Thu Quach, Pagan Morris, Laura Allen, Sarah J. Shema, June K. Winters, Gem M. Le and Scarlett L. Gomez were with the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont. Amani Nuru-Jeter is with the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley.), Scarlett Lin Gomez (0000-0002-5143-4867, At the time of the study, Thu Quach, Pagan Morris, Laura Allen, Sarah J. Shema, June K. Winters, Gem M. Le and Scarlett L. Gomez were with the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont. Amani Nuru-Jeter is with the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley.)
Year2012
Volume102
Issue5
Pages1027-1034
Publication date2012-03-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2011.300554
PMID22420791
PMCIDPMC3483911
OpenAlexW2147963283
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited51

Participants reported experiencing medical discrimination at all 3 levels, which may have deleterious health effects through the biopsychosocial stress pathway and through active coping mechanisms that could lead to delayed- or underutilization of the health care system to avoid discrimination

Biopsychosocial model · Breast cancer · Cancer · Coping (psychology · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Focus group · Health care · Immigration · Population · Psychiatry · Racism · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Clinical Psychology · Gerontology

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