Attitudes of midwifery students towards teaching breast-self examination

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-56

  Plesnicar, Andrej ^a   Golicnik, Martina ^a   Fazarinc, Irena ^b   Kralj, Bozo ^c   Kovac, Viljem ^d   Plesnicar, Blanka ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Department of Health Center ^*  (Slovenia)

^c School of Health Science   (Slovenia)

^d INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast health awareness; Midwifery students; Specific education; Teaching breast self examination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHING;

EID: 77950157869     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10019-010-0009-9     Document Type: Article

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