An overview of cancer and beliefs about the disease in Indigenous people of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-118

  Shahid, Shaouli ^a   Thompson, Sandra C ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Health services; Holistic health; Indigenous; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; NEOPLASM; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CULTURE; FEAR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65349134264     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00355.x     Document Type: Review

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