Reading level, learning presentation preference, and desire for information among cancer patients

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-38

  Foltz, Ann ^a,c   Sullivan, Joan ^b  

^a Office of Public Health   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; READING;

EID: 0029986566     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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