African and Black Caribbean origin cancer survivors: A qualitative study of the narratives of causes, coping and care experiences

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 187-201

  Bache, Richard A ^a   Bhui, Kamaldeep S ^a   Dein, Simon ^b   Korszun, Ania ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African origin; Black Caribbean origin; cancer; coping styles; lay explanations; religion in coping

Indexed keywords

CANCER; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RELIGION; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CENTRAL AMERICA; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; RELIGION; SURVIVOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARIBBEAN REGION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TAPE RECORDING;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859557289     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2011.635785     Document Type: Article

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