Breast Cancer Care-Seeking Behavior in Rural Bangladesh: The Role of Stigma, Gender Identity, and Violence Against Women
abstract: While women in higher income countries can expect to survive a diagnosis of breast cancer, women in lower- and middle-income countries such as Bangladesh have mortality rates near 50%, suggesting that there are significant barriers to care seeking for breast problems. Given limited literat...
Other Authors: | Steiness, Heather Lynn Story (Author) |
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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2016
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38549 |
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