Cancer patients' negotiation of therapeutic options in Pakistan

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 652-662

  Tovey, Philip ^a   Broom, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Pakistan; Qualitative; Sociology; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34247569338     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307299994     Document Type: Article

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