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| Patient assertiveness in ethnically diverse older women with breast cancer: challenging stereotypes of the elderly | | Author(s) | Shelley R Adler, Sarah A McGraw, John B McKinlay |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging Studies, vol 12, no 4, Winter 1998 |
| Pages | pp 331-350 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Cancer ; Patients ; Doctors ; Communication ; White people ; Black people ; Chinese people ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Patients' views of patient-doctor interactions are poorly understood, in particular the perspectives of older women. The older patient's attitude toward and understanding of the medical encounter, however, are essential to the design of strategies to improve patient-physician communication. To date, research has mainly emphasised the ways in which the therapeutic relationship is influenced by immutable patient characteristics. This qualitative study extends previous research findings by looking beyond the effect of ascribed categories (such as age, race, and gender) and focusing on aspects of patient behaviour, specifically assertiveness. Focus groups were conducted with older African-, Chinese-, European- and Hispanic American women with breast cancer. The study explored the potential of a form of patient activation for challenging stereotypes of older people and changing health care practitioners' behaviour. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990108401 A |
| Classmark | BD: CK: LF: QT2: U: TKA: TKE: TKL: 7T |
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