"below their notice": Exploring women's subjective experiences of cancer system Exclusion

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 308-314

  Gould, Judy ^a   Sinding, Christina ^b   Mitchell, Terry L ^c   Gustafson, Diana L ^d   Peng, Ito ^e   McGillicuddy, Patti ^f   Fitch, Margaret I ^f   Aronson, Jane ^b   Burhansstipanov, Linda ^g  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g Native American Cancer Initiative Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; POVERTY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 73949151317     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190902997324     Document Type: Article

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