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Breast Cancer Early Detection: An Academic–Community Partnership in the Philippines

Tsu-Yin Wu
Jenni L. Hoffman
CJON 2019, 23(5), 547-551 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.547-551
A high proportion of patients with breast cancer in the Philippines present at an advanced stage and have a rapid, unfavorable outcome. Providing breast cancer education and early detection to this population is important to help reduce this health disparity. This article describes the impact of a...
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Communities

Australian Indigenous Communities: Efforts to Improve Cancer Care

Allison Drosdowsky
Jacqueline Mathieson
Donna Milne
CJON 2019, 23(4), 443-446 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.443-446
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the Indigenous inhabitants of Australia who face many inequities regarding cancer care and outcomes. They are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than non-Indigenous Australians and have not experienced the improvement in survival that non-...
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Editorial

When the Foxes Watch the Henhouse

Rose Mary Carroll-Johnson
ONF 2001, 1507 DOI:
News reports are full of little else these days than our efforts to combat terrorism at home and abroad. We are consumed and focused, and rightly so. I do not see this changing in the foreseeable future, which makes it even more important to remind ourselves of the campaigns we were waging before...
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Oncology Nursing Society Position

Oncology Nursing Society Position: Patients' Bill of Rights for Quality Cancer Care

ONF 2019, 441 DOI:
The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), a professional association representing more than 29,000 registered nurses and other healthcare professionals specializing in cancer care, believes that quality cancer care is a right of all individuals.
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A Death With Dignity in Oregon

Mavis Tuten
ONF 2001, 58-65 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To inform readers about the Oregon Death With Dignity Act and present a compilation and summary of major arguments in debates regarding physician assistance in dying for the terminally ill. Data Sources: Experience, medical records, the patient’s physician and family, books,...
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