title: Asian women's attitudes to breast self-examination.
abstract: This pilot study investigates the attitudes of Asian women towards breast self-examination and breast awareness. It attempts to identify why Asian women may not be aware of breast cancer or practise breast self-examination and discusses issues such as religious beliefs, psychological attributes, perception of the causes of breast cancer and the availability of resources and translated material.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bhakta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D016504:Breast Self-Examination / Q000523:psychology*; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016746:Transcultural Nursing