Expressions of cervical cancer-related signs and symptoms

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-72

  Issah, Fati ^a,b   Maree, Johanna E ^a   Mwinituo, Prudence P ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b Tshwane University of Technology ^*  (Ghana)

Author keywords

Awareness; Black women; Cervical cancer; Communication; Expression; Knowledge; Signs; South Africa; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN;

EID: 78651412807     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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