Embodiment and breast cancer among African American Women

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-228

  Lende, Daniel H ^a   Lachiondo, Alicia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Anthropology; Anthropology of the body; Breast cancer; Embodiment bodily experiences; Medical; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 58649090477     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308328162     Document Type: Article

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