Breast cancer screening barriers from the womans perspective: A meta-synthesis

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3463-3471

  Azami Aghdash, Saber ^a   Ghojazadeh, Morteza ^b   Sheyklo, Sepideh Gareh ^c   Daemi, Amin ^d   Kolahdouzan, Kasra ^a   Mohseni, Mohammad ^e   Moosavi, Ahmad ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c DEZFUL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Barriers; Breast cancer; Qualitative studies; Screening; Women's perspective

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WOMEN;

EID: 84929008582     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.8.3463     Document Type: Article

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