The meaning of cancer for Australian Aboriginal women; changing the focus of cancer nursing

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 280-286

  Prior, Deborah ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal women; Cancer control; Culture centred; Decolonisation; Ethnography

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BODY IMAGE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SPIRITUALITY; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN;

EID: 68949182862     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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