Women's perceptions and beliefs about the genesis of their breast cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 142-148

  Arman, Maria ^a   Backman, Marie ^b   Carlsson, Marianne ^c   Hamrin, Elisabeth ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Red Cross University College   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Breast cancer; Complementary and alternative medicine; Genesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; WELLBEING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN;

EID: 33646700032     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200603000-00010     Document Type: Article

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