Understanding community beliefs of Chinese-Australians about cancer: Initial insights using an ethnographic approach

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 174-186

  Yeo, Soo See ^a   Meiser, Bettina ^b,c   Barlow Stewart, Kristine ^d   Goldstein, David ^b,c   Tucker, Katherine ^b,c   Eisenbruch, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MODEL; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOGENESIS; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; RELIGION; SOCIAL BELIEF; TAXONOMY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 15544381695     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.831     Document Type: Article

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