Masculinity and the Body: How African-American and White Men Experience Cancer Screening Exams Involving the Rectum

Past research on prostate and colorectal cancer disparities finds that barriers to screening, such as embarrassment and offensiveness, are often reported. Yet none of this literature investigates why. This study uses masculinity and health theory to examine how men experience two common screenings,...

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Main Authors: Winterich, Julie A., Quandt, Sara A, Grzywacz, Joseph G., Clark, Peter E., Miller, David P., Acuña, Joshua, Arcury, Thomas A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2662681/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19477742
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988308321675
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