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Structure and meaning in models of breast and cervical cancer risk factors: A comparison of perceptions among Latinas, Anglo women, and physicians

Reports on a study of perceptions of breast and cervical cancer risk factors among 27 U.S.-born Chicanas, 39 Mexican and 28 Salvadoran immigrants, 27 Anglo women, and 30 physicians in northern Orange County, California.

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"You are a number, not a human being": Israeli breast cancer patients' experiences with the medical establishment

Argues that the women used language as a means of resisting the medical culture's pattern of treating patients as "nonhumans"

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Complementary and alternative medicine use among women with breast cancer

Results from a qualitative prospective cohort study challenge previous stereotypes by indicating that CAM usage does not increase dramatically with the initial diagnosis of cancer.

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Negotiating cultural consensus in a breast cancer self-help group

Describes a shared model of the breast cancer experience negotiated by the members of a spontaneously organized breast cancer self-help group in eastern North Carolina.

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