An Unanticipated Source of Hope: Stigma and Cervical Cancer in Brazil

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-84

  Gregg, Jessica L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cervical cancer; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952396916     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2010.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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