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Racial differences in trust and regular source of patient care and the implications for prostate cancer screening use†

  1. William R. Carpenter PhD1,2,3,4,‡,*,
  2. Paul A. Godley MD, PhD2,3,5,6,
  3. Jack A. Clark PhD7,
  4. James A. Talcott MD8,
  5. Timothy Finnegan MD5,
  6. Merle Mishel PhD9,
  7. Jeannette Bensen PhD2,6,
  8. Walter Rayford MD10,
  9. L. Joseph Su PhD11,
  10. Elizabeth T. H. Fontham PhD11,
  11. James L. Mohler MD2,12,13

Article first published online: 27 JUL 2009

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24539

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 115, Issue 21, pages 5048–5059, 1 November 2009

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Carpenter, W. R., Godley, P. A., Clark, J. A., Talcott, J. A., Finnegan, T., Mishel, M., Bensen, J., Rayford, W., Su, L. J., Fontham, E. T. H. and Mohler, J. L. (2009), Racial differences in trust and regular source of patient care and the implications for prostate cancer screening use. Cancer, 115: 5048–5059. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24539

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  1. 1

    Department of Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

  2. 2

    University of North Carolina-Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

  3. 3

    University of North Carolina Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

  4. 4

    North Carolina Comprehensive Cancer Program, Raleigh, North Carolina

  5. 5

    Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

  6. 6

    Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

  7. 7

    Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

  8. 8

    Center for Outcomes Research, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

  9. 9

    University of North Carolina School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

  10. 10

    Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee School of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee

  11. 11

    Louisiana State University Health Science Center, School of Public Health, New Orleans, Louisiana

  12. 12

    Department of Urologic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York

  13. 13

    Department of Urology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York

  1. ‡

    Fax: (919) 966-6961

*Department of Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1102 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB 7411, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

  1. †

    *This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 OCT 2009
  2. Article first published online: 27 JUL 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 24 MAR 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 16 MAR 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 2 DEC 2008

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