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Indigenous women and breast cancer
Author(s) -
Thompson Sandra C
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02580.x
Subject(s) - indigenous , citation , library science , breast cancer , media studies , sociology , medicine , computer science , cancer , ecology , biology
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 18 May 2009 190 10 602-602 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2009 www.mja.com.au Book Review overall, but exist for reasons such as lower participation in screening; delayed presentation with symptoms; and poorer uptake of treatment. There have been few resources specifically for Indigenous people with cancer, so this 14-minute DVD, My story. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women My story. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women sharing their experiences of breast cancer. A resource for health workers. Val Alberts, Project Coordinator. Sydney: National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre, 2008 (DVD and booklet, no cost within Australia).