Social constructions of breast cancer

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-159

  Thorne, Sally E ^a   Murray, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL VALUES; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 0034173214     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993300245221     Document Type: Article

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