Attitudes and beliefs toward mammography among women using an urban public hospital

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 186-201

  Thompson, Beti ^a   Montaño, Daniel E ^b   Mahloch, Jan ^a   Mullen, Mary ^c   Taylor, Victoria ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Elicitation interviews; Focus groups; Low income women; Mammography; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DATA COLLECTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031134680     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0320     Document Type: Article

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