title: Access to cancer services--do culture and ethnicity make a difference?
abstract: This module discusses the diverse cultural needs of people affected by cancer and how those needs can be assessed and met. The UK experience with Black or Minority Ethnic (BME) communities will be used to explore the issues of awareness of and detection of cancer.
authors.affiliation: BMEcancer.communities, and St George's Hospital and the Paul D'Auria Cancer Support Centre, London, UK. rose.thompson11@ntlworld.com
authors.forename: Rose
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Beverley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Der Molen
mesh_terms: D003144:Communication Barriers; D003469:Culture; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000208:ethnology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom