Negotiating cultural consensus in a breast cancer self-help group

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 394-413

  Mathews, Holly F ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cultural models; Narrative; Support groups

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEGOTIATING; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0034265684     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2000.14.3.394     Document Type: Article

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