"Sorry for laughing, but it's scary": Humor and silence as cultural codes among American Indian and Alaska Native patients discussing colorectal cancer

Emily R. Van Dyke, MD, MPH1, Deborah R. Bassett, Ph.D.2, Shin-Ping Tu, MD MPH3 and The Collaborative to Improve Native Cancer Outcomes3
(1)University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, (2)University of Washington Partnerships for Native Health, Seattle, WA, (3)University of Washington, Seattle, WA