Factors influencing women in seeking help from a health care professional on self discovery of a breast symptom, in an Irish context

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2020-2029

  O'Mahony, Mairin ^a,b   Hegarty, Josephine ^b  

^a School of Nursing and Midwifery   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Ireland; Nurses; Nursing; Quantitative approaches

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749167161     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02564.x     Document Type: Article

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