Malignant melanoma: Gender patterns in care seeking for suspect marks

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 2676-2684

  Hajdarevic, Senada ^a   Schmitt Egenolf, Marcus ^a   Brulin, Christine ^a   Sundbom, Elisabet ^a   Hörnsten, Åsa ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Care seeking; Coping; Decision making; Gender constructions; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN TUMOR;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80051568776     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03788.x     Document Type: Article

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