Overcoming challenges to breast cancer screening among Muslim women: addressing barriers to early detection and treatment: A correspondence

How patriarchy and conservatism fuel deadly hesitancy among women with breast cancer

“…Part of the problem is the dominance of the patriarch and old religious beliefs3 that lead to misinformation regarding the disease. For example, the word breast might be associated with sexuality instead of health, while guidelines regarding modesty and fatalism4 prevent women from consulting doctors.…”