Balancing uncertainty and acceptance: Understanding Chinese women's responses to an abnormal cervical smear result

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1140-1148

  Twinn, Sheila ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abnormal cervical smear; Acceptance; Chinese women; Exploratory study; Trust; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COLPOSCOPY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNCERTAINTY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COLPOSCOPY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNCERTAINTY; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN;

EID: 33747044373     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01497.x     Document Type: Article

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