Involvement of Rabbinic and communal authorities in decision-making by haredi Jews in the UK with breast cancer: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 323-333

  Coleman Brueckheimer, Kate ^a   Spitzer, Joseph ^b,c   Koffman, Jonathan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Decision making; Haredi; Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Jewish; Religion; UK

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TREATMENT; RELIGION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JUDAISM; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; PASTORAL CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58249112257     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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