Perceived barriers to self-management in Malaysian women with breast cancer

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 52-57

  Loh, Siew Yim ^a,b   Packer, T ^b   Yip, C H ^a   Low, W Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chronic diseases; Focus group; Self management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAYSIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

EID: 38749089477     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101053950701900309     Document Type: Article

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