Lung cancer stigma as a barrier to medical help-seeking behavior: Practice implications

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 240-245

  Carter Harris, Lisa ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Healthcare seeking behaviors; Lung; Nurse practitioners; Primary care; Stigma

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928587852     PISSN: 23276886     EISSN: 23276924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2327-6924.12227     Document Type: Article

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