Facing possible illness detected through screening-Experiences of healthy women with pathological cervical smears

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 417-423

  Hounsgaard, Lise ^a   Petersen, Lone Kjeld ^b   Pedersen, Birthe D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Illness indicative disease; Nursing; Pre cancer; Women's perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENMARK; FEAR; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN;

EID: 36549060046     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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