Motivations and reasons for women attending a Breast Self-Examination training program: A qualitative study

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Yang, Rea Jeng ^a   Huang, Lian Hua ^b   Hsieh, Yeu Sheng ^b   Chung, Ue Lin ^a   Huang, Chiun Sheng ^c   Bih, Herng Dar ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; BREAST TUMOR; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TAIWAN;

EID: 77954345204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-10-23     Document Type: Article

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