Women's help seeking behaviour for self discovered breast cancer symptoms

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 410-418

  O'Mahony, Mairin ^a   Hegarty, Josephine ^a   McCarthy, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast symptoms; Help seeking behaviour; Qualitative descriptive design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80055070610     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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