‘Oral Cancer is a Punishment for my Sins’: Oral Histories of Oral Cancer, Fatalism and Islamic Religious Beliefs in Pakistan

This paper explores how Islamic religious beliefs; spiritual practices and fatalism may act as barriers to a diagnosis of oral cancer in Rawalpindi/Islamabad Pakistan. The qualitative methodology is oral history and interviews took place with fifteen women diagnosed with oral cancer and receiving tr...

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Authors: Khokhar, Mariam A. (Author) ; Gibson, Barry (Author) ; Winslow, Michelle (Author) ; Owens, Janine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. 2022
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2022, Volume: 61, Issue: 6, Pages: 4337-4351
Further subjects:B Pakistan
B Oral cancer
B Oral History
B Religion
B Dentistry
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