"Like roulette": Australian women's explanations of gynecological cancers

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 323-332

  Manderson, Lenore ^a   Markovic, Milica ^a   Quinn, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chaos; Gynecological cancer; Lay explanatory models; Stress

Indexed keywords

CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL LIFE; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; VICTORIA;

EID: 18844455282     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.11.052     Document Type: Article

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