A two-center study of Muslim women's views of breast cancer and breast health practices in Pakistan and the UK.

Breast health awareness practices of Pakistani Muslim women in the UK and Pakistan is unknown. Focus group interviews were used to investigate the impact of culture and psychosocial issues on breast health awareness involving 44 women in Lahore and London. Women based in Lahore were more inquisitive about breast cancer and held more developed views compared with British Pakistani Muslim women.

The impact of culture and sociological and psychological issues on Muslim patients with breast cancer in Pakistan.

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in Muslim women in Pakistan. The impact of the initial diagnosis, culture, religion, and psychosocial and psychological aspects of the disease is not well established. This qualitative study examined the experience and coping strategies used by patients with breast cancer in relation to its impact on their physical, mental health, religious, and family issues.

The think aloud approach as an educational tool to develop and assess clinical reasoning in undergraduate students.

Even though clinical reasoning is attributed with the expert practitioner, there is limited evidence to support methods of teaching and learning that are used to foster its development in nurses. In nursing, a considerable range of teaching and learning strategies are available that can be used to develop clinical reasoning skills. This includes the think aloud seminar.