“I always tried to forget about the condition and pretend I was healed”: coping with cervical cancer in rural Ghana
Abstract Background Cervical cancer is a very common disease among women in Ghana and in the world as a whole. However, there is a dearth of information on the mechanisms cervical cancer patients adopt to cope with the condition in Ghana. This study sought to explore the strategies adopted by cervic...
Main Authors: | Charity Binka, Samuel Harrenson Nyarko, Kofi Awusabo-Asare, David Teye Doku |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-02-01
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Series: | BMC Palliative Care |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-018-0277-5 |
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