The experience of having cancer in Latin America

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-57

  Granda Cameron, Clara ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Intl Soc of Nurses in Cancer Care   (United States)

^c Colombian Assoc of Oncology Nursing ^*  (Colombia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Cancer experience; Latin American culture

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033071315     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199902000-00010     Document Type: Article

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