The cognitive structuring of patient delay in breast cancer

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3137-3149

  Facione, Noreen C ^a   Facione, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Denial; Dominance structure; Heuristic reasoning; Logical analysis; Patient delay; USA

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CANCER; HEALTH IMPACT; HEURISTICS; MONITORING; SYMPTOM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750449665     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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