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Information-Seeking Behaviors of Women With Breast Cancer

Charlotte E. Rees
Peter A. Bath
ONF 2001, 899-907 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To explore the information-seeking behaviors of women with breast cancer. Design: Sequential, between-methods triangulation. Setting: Community-based. Sample: 156 women with breast cancer took part in a mailed survey, and 30 women with breast cancer participated in three focus...
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Accept Me for Myself: African American Women’s Issues After Breast Cancer

Margaret Chamberlain Wilmoth
L. Delores Sanders
ONF 2001, 875-879 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To identify the personal issues and concerns of African American women who are breast cancer survivors. Design: Exploratory. Setting: Southeastern United States; urban community. Sample : A total of 24 women were recruited from churches and the community; 16 women participated...
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The Value of Breast Self-Examination: Meta-Analysis of the Research Literature

Ya-Lie Ku
ONF 2001, 815-822 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To review 20 studies examining the relationship between breast self-examination (BSE) behaviors, BSE education, the stage of breast cancer at diagnosis, and the mortality or survival rates for breast cancer. Data Sources: 20 studies from medical and nursing journals. Data...
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Depression Burden, Self-Help Interventions, and Side Effect Experience in Women Receiving Treatment for Breast Cancer

Terry A. Badger
Carrie Jo Braden
Merle H. Mishel
ONF 2001, 567-574 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To describe effects of a set of Self-Help Intervention Project (SHIP) interventions with self-reported depression burden on the side effect experience of women receiving treatment for breast cancer. Design: Repeated measures, experimental design. Setting: Outpatient sites at a...
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Caring Demands and Delay in Seeking Care in African American Women Newly Diagnosed With Breast Cancer: An Ethnographic, Photographic Study

Marie F. Gates
Nancy R. Lackey
Gwendolyn Brown
ONF 2001, 529-537 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To describe the caring behaviors and demands of African American women newly diagnosed with breast cancer and to consider the influence of caring on the women’s decision to delay prompt diagnosis and maintain continuing treatment. Design: Focused ethnographic design using...
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