Survivorship: A qualitative investigation of Latinas diagnosed with cervical cancer

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 53-88

  Ashing Giwa, Kimlin T ^a,b,e   Padilla, Geraldine V ^c   Bohórquez, Dianne E ^a,b   Tejero, Judith S ^a,b   Garcia, Manuela ^a,b   Meyers, Eva A ^d  

^a Center of Community Alliance for Research and Education   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center   (United States)

^e CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; HRQOL; Latina women; Psychosocial oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; PERSONAL NEEDS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845908493     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077v24n04_04     Document Type: Article

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