'Use what God has given me': Difference and disparity in breast reconstruction

Psychology and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1099-1120

  Rubin, Lisa R ^a   Chavez, Jessica ^a   Alderman, Amy ^b   Pusic, Andrea L ^c  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

body image; breast cancer; culture; health disparities; qualitative methods; reconstructive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84886920359     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2013.782404     Document Type: Article

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