Politics and patriarchy: Barriers to health screening for socially disadvantaged women

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190-197

  Peters, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feminist methods; Health promotion; Nursing; Qualitative research; Social disadvantage; Women's health screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POLITICS; SOCIAL CLASS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POLITICS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84871210059     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2012.42.2.190     Document Type: Article

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