Discussion of Emotions Among Newly Diagnosed Non-Hispanic White and Chinese American Patients With Breast Cancer and Their Oncologists.

This qualitative study analyzed how Chinese American (CA) and non-Hispanic White (NHW) breast cancer patients and their oncologists communicated about patients' emotional concerns. Data included twenty-four recordings of clinical encounters between oncologists and four CA and eight NHW women with a new breast cancer diagnosis between 2013 and 2015. Using an interactional sociolinguistics approach to discourse analysis, we examined how CA and NHW patients and their oncologists initiated conversations about patients' emotions.

Chinese American and Non-Hispanic White Breast Cancer Patients' Knowledge and Use of BRCA Testing.

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Chinese American women. Knowing the BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) gene mutation status can improve breast cancer patients' health outcomes by guiding targeted treatment towards preventing breast cancer recurrence and other BRCA-related cancers. Nevertheless, it is unclear if there is a disparity in knowledge and use of BRCA testing among Chinese American breast cancer patients.

Effects of the Application of Virtual Reality to Experiential Education on Self-Efficacy and Learning Motivation of Social Workers.

To enhance the human resources required for national development to cope with the change, countries in the world have positively invested in education, as national education in the future is necessary to cultivate new-generation citizens with new traits and abilities to cope with the possible impacts and challenges in the new century. For this reason, the education reform wave sweeps many countries. The experiential learning model in experiential education nowadays leads profit and non-profit organizations in the business community, education, and social worker groups to the alternative education trend.

Exploring Racial Differences in Treatment Decision-making in Chinese Immigrant and White American Breast Cancer Patients: the Role of Patient-Provider Communication.

Chinese immigrant cancer patients report suboptimal patient-provider communication, which increases the likelihood of decisional conflict and unsatisfactory treatment decision-making (TDM) outcomes (e.g., low satisfaction and perceived control over cancer care).

Chinese Female Drug Users' Experiences and Attitudes With Institutional Drug Treatment.

With its rapid economic growth and the increased influence of Western culture, China has become a drug-consuming country. Forty-six semistructured interviews were conducted in a compulsory drug treatment institution to document Chinese female drug users' experiences with and attitudes toward two mandated treatment modalities: vocational training and educational activities. Detainees required to participate in first institutional treatment showed enthusiasm and had more positive attitudes; those who had entered the compulsory treatment facilities 2 or more times generally had a negative outlook on their pursuit of abstinence.

Drug Initiation of Female Detainees in a Compulsory Drug Treatment Institution in China.

This study explored drug initiation among 46 Chinese women in a compulsory drug treatment institution. The study adopted a mixed method with a strong emphasis on qualitative techniques to capture the perspectives of women in long-term treatment regarding their drug initiation experiences. A complementary analysis of quantitative data was used to help interpret, refine, deepen, and extend qualitative findings.