The impact of culture and sociological and psychological issues on Muslim patients with breast cancer in Pakistan

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-324

  Banning, Maggi ^a   Hafeez, Haroon ^b,c   Faisal, Saima ^b   Hassan, Mariam ^b   Zafar, Ammarah ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Culture; Family support; Maternal responsibility; Pakistani Muslim women; Religion

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MOSLEM; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY; SPIRITUAL HEALING; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN;

EID: 67651120129     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31819b240f     Document Type: Article

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