Symptomization and triggering processes: Ovarian cancer patients' narratives on pre-diagnostic sensation experiences and the initiation of healthcare seeking

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-130

  Brandner, Susanne ^a   Müller Nordhorn, Jacqueline ^a   Stritter, Wiebke ^a   Fotopoulou, Christina ^a,b   Sehouli, Jalid ^a   Holmberg, Christine ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germany; Healthcare seeking; Ovarian cancer; Sensations; Symptoms; Triggering process

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SEEKING; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NARRATIVE; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; RISK FACTOR; SENSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

GERMANY;

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84908212501     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.022     Document Type: Article

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