Barriers to cervical cancer screening in Mulanje, Malawi: A qualitative study

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 125-131

  Fort, Victoria K ^a   Makin, Mary Sue ^b   Siegler, Aaron J ^a   Ault, Kevin ^c   Rochat, Roger ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mulanje Mission Hospital   (Malawi)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Health care; Interviews; Mulanje Mission hospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; MALAWI; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYMPTOM; TREND STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 84860702593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S17317     Document Type: Article

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