Culture, community, and cancer: understandings of breast cancer from a non-lived experience among women living in Soweto
Abstract Background Individual perceptions, socio-cultural beliefs and health system factors are key determinants of people’s health seeking behavior and are widely cited as the causes of delayed breast cancer diagnosis among women from structurally vulnerable settings. Asking: “how do women with a...
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| Main Authors: | Seemela D. Malope, Shane A. Norris, Maureen Joffe |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Women's Health |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-024-03431-2 |
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