Illness awareness in cancer patients: A conceptual framework and a preliminary classification hypothesis

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 212-217

  Morasso, Gabriella ^a   Alberisio, Alessandra ^a   Capelli, Marco ^a   Rossi, Cristiana ^a   Baracco, Gloria ^a   Costantini, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER PATIENT; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; COMPUTER; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; AWARENESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0030817708     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199709)6:3<212::AID-PON275>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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