Facilitators and barriers to help-seeking for breast and cervical cancer symptoms: A qualitative study with an ethnically diverse sample in London

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 749-757

  Marlow, Laura A V ^a   McGregor, Lesley M ^a   Nazroo, James Y ^b   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Early Detection; Ethnicity; Oncology; Qualitative Research; Signs and Symptoms

Indexed keywords

BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESHI; BLACK PERSON; BRCA2 GENE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISCHARGE; BRITISH; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY LIFE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; ONCOGENE; PAKISTANI; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRURITUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACISM; REASSURANCE; RELIGION; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WORK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84903817686     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3464     Document Type: Article

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