Punjabi immigrant women's breast cancer stories

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 269-279

  Howard, A Fuchsia ^a   Bottorff, Joan L ^b   Balneaves, Lynda G ^a   Grewal, Sukhdev K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c LANGARA COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breas tcancer; Immigrant; Narrative; Qualitative; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANADA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FACE EDEMA; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY STRESS; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAIR LOSS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDITATION; NARRATIVE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIGION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TONGUE DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34547891077     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9044-z     Document Type: Article

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