Breast cancer fatalism: The role of women's perceptions of the health care system

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1321-1335

  Hall, Allyson G ^a   Khoury, Amal J ^b   Lopez, Ellen D S ^c   Lisovicz, Nedra ^c   Avis Williams, Amanda ^d   Mitra, Amal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Fatalism; Health survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRUST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST;

EID: 58149200335     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0091     Document Type: Article

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