Factors influencing medical information seeking among African American cancer patients

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 205-219

  Matthews, Alicia K ^a   Sellergren, Sarah A ^a   Manfredi, Clara ^b   Williams, Maryann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036562475     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730290088094     Document Type: Article

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