Muslim breast cancer survivor spirituality: Coping strategy or health seeking behavior hindrance?

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-98

  Harandy, Tayebeh Fasihi ^a   Ghofranipour, Fazlollah ^a   Montazeri, Ali ^b   Anoosheh, Monireh ^a   Bazargan, Mohsen ^c   Mohammadi, Eesa ^a   Ahmadi, Fazlollah ^a   Niknami, Shamsaddin ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research   (Iran)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPIRITUALITY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77949350963     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330903104516     Document Type: Article

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