From 'silent' to 'heard': Professional mediation, manipulation and women's experiences of their body after an abnormal Pap smear

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 479-486

  Blomberg, Karin ^a,b   Forss, Anette ^a,c   Ternestedt, Britt Marie ^a,b,d   Tishelman, Carol ^a,e,f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^e Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Cervical cancer screening; Prevention; Sweden

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CANCER; HEALTH RISK; MEDICINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BODY IMAGE; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58349096086     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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