Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of nursing and midwifery students regarding breast self-examination in Turkey

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Memis, Sakine ^a   Balkaya, Nevin Akdolun ^a   Demirkiran, Fatma ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STUDENT; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; STUDENTS, NURSING; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149519193     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.ONF.E39-E46     Document Type: Article

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