Social comparison and patient information: What do cancer patients want?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-12

  Bennenbroek, Femke T C ^a   Buunk, Bram P ^a   Van Der Zee, Karen I ^a   Grol, Brigit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Cancer; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL COMPARISON; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036094623     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(02)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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