Attribution of blame for breast and lung cancers in women

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-301

  Gulyn, Linda McKenna ^a   Youssef, Fatma ^a  

^a MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution theory and cancer; Blame for cancer; Coping with cancer; Stigma and lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LUNG CANCER; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RELIGION; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIGMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77951980219     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347331003689052     Document Type: Review

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