Providers' constructions of the role of women in cervical cancer screening in Bulgaria and Romania

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 776-787

  Todorova, Irina L G ^a   Baban, Adriana ^b   Balabanova, Dina ^c   Panayotova, Yulia ^a   Bradley, Janet ^d  

^a Health Psychology Research Center   (Bulgaria)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ENGENDERHEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Cervical cancer screening; Eastern Europe; Providers' perspectives; Romania

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY REFORM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ROMANIA; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BULGARIA; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; ROMANIA; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744812726     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.01.032     Document Type: Article

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