Knowledge, Attitudes and beliefs of Arabic-Australians concerning cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-202

  Saleh, Mona ^a,b   Barlow Stewart, Kristine ^a,c   Meiser, Bettina ^d,e   Tucker, Kathy ^d   Eisenbruch, Maurice ^f   Kirk, Judy ^g  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabic Australians; beliefs; cultural; cultural competence; inherited cancer; oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEOPLASM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856296447     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1884     Document Type: Article

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