Open AccessWhat precipitates depression in African-American cancer patients? Triggers and stressors
Author(s) -
Amy Y. Zhang,
Florida Gary,
Hui Zhu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
palliative and supportive care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.786
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1478-9523
pISSN - 1478-9515
DOI - 10.1017/s1478951511000861
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , stressor , cancer , distress , feeling , breast cancer , medicine , thematic analysis , prostate cancer , clinical psychology , psychology , psychiatry , qualitative research , gerontology , macroeconomics , social psychology , social science , sociology , economics
This study examined general and cancer-related stressors of depression that are unique to African-American cancer patients.