A feminist critique of breast cancer research among Korean women

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 551-570

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Hautman, Mary Ann ^b   Keddy, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; KOREA; MORTALITY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KOREA; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034241478     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01939450022044593     Document Type: Article

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