‘Take ownership of your condition’: Australian women’s health and risk talk in relation to their experiences of breast cancer

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 132-148

  Gibson, Alexandra Farren ^a   Lee, Christina ^a   Crabb, Shona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

breast cancer; neo liberalism; public health; risk; risk management; thematic discourse analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84929512352     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2015.1032215     Document Type: Article

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