Imagined Anatomy and Other Lessons from Learner Verification Interviews with Mexican Immigrant Women

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Hunter, Jennifer ^a   Kelly, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Health literacy; Immigrant health; Learner verification and revision; Mexican culture; Women's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870294211     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2012.01410.x     Document Type: Article

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