The emotional consequences of false positive mammography: African-American women's reactions in their own words

Women and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 1-14

  Padgett, Deborah K ^a   Yedidia, Michael J ^b   Kerner, Jon ^c   Mandelblatt, Jeanne ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Mammography; Psychological distress; Qualitative analysis; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAMMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; TUMOR BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0035183539     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v33n03_01     Document Type: Article

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