The impact of cervical cancer and dysplasia: A qualitative, multiethnic study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 709-728

  Ashing Giwa, Kimlin T ^a,b   Kagawa Singer, Marjorie ^c   Padilla, Geraldine V ^d   Tejero, Judith S ^a   Hsiao, Evana ^a   Chhabra, Rajinder ^e   Martinez, Lucrecia ^e   Tucker, M Belinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Department of Family Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIET NAM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 5744248233     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.785     Document Type: Article

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