Not a nice experience, not at all: Underprivileged women's experiences of being confronted with cervical cancer

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 239-247

  Maree, Johanna E ^a   Langley, Gayle ^a   Nqubezelo, Lucy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; experiences; South Africa; underprivileged women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84928586823     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951513001247     Document Type: Article

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