Participants' Perceptions of a Peer-Helper, Telephone-Based Social Support Intervention for Melanoma Patients

Health Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 285-305

  Rudy, Robin Reid ^a   Rosenfeld, Lawrence B ^b,c   Galassi, John P ^c   Parker, Joanna ^d   Schanberg, Rachel ^d  

^a CIGNA Corporation   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN TUMOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0035225972     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc1303_4     Document Type: Article

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