From Patient Navigation to Cancer Justice: Toward a Culture-Centered, Community-Owned Intervention Addressing Disparities in Cancer Prevention
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Citation: Sastry S, Zoller HM, Walker T and Sunderland S (2017) From Patient Navigation to Cancer Justice: Toward a Culture-Centered, CommunityOwned Intervention Addressing Disparities in Cancer Prevention. Front. Commun. 2:19. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2017.00019 From Patient navigation to cancer Justice: Toward a culture-centered, community-Owned intervention addressing Disparities in cancer Prevention
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