Cervical cancer screening in ethnocultural groups: Case studies in women-centered care

Women and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 33-52

  Bottorff, Joan L ^a   Balneaves, Lynda G ^a   Sent, Lorna ^b   Grewal, Suki ^a   Browne, Annette J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Asian Women's Health Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asian; Cancer prevention and control; Cervix neoplasms; Chinese; Cultural diversity; Ethnic groups; Indian North American; Pap test; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER SCREENING; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA BASE; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MODEL; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT CARE; SAMPLE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; CANADA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0035183473     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v33n03_03     Document Type: Article

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