Native Hawaiian women and the experience of breast cancer

Women and Health

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 41-59

  Eide, Phyllis ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cultural appropriateness; Helping others; Native Hawaiian women; Qualitative research; Spiritual connections

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34247483596     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v44n04_03     Document Type: Article

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