Quality-of-life concerns of African American breast cancer survivors within rural North Carolina: Blending the techniques of photovoice and grounded theory

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-115

  López, Ellen D S ^a   Eng, Eugenia ^b   Randall David, Elizabeth ^c   Robinson, Naomi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c Center for Creative Education   (United States)

^d Surviving Angels Eastern North Carolina Witness for Life Program   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Cancer survivorship; Grounded theory; Participatory action research; Photovoice; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDER; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 16644394973     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732304270766     Document Type: Article

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