A consultation with Canadian rural women with breast cancer

Health Expectations

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-50

  Gray, Ross E ^a   James, Pamela ^a   Manthorne, Jackie ^b   Gould, Judy ^a   Fitch, Margaret I ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Canadian Breast Cancer Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Focus groups; Information; Rural; Services; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 1242295188     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-6513.2003.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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